IMD issues orange alert for heavy rainfall and snowfall over Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab
The India Meteorological Department, IMD has issued orange alert for heavy rainfall and snowfall over Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab on March 1 and 2.
According to the weather department, an active Western Disturbance is expected to affect the Western Himalayan Region from tomorrow and the plains of northwest India from March 1 to March 3.
As a result, isolated heavy rainfall and snowfall are highly likely over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, and Himachal Pradesh on March 1, and isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall and snowfall are anticipated in these regions on March 2.
The IMD said, Uttarakhand and Punjab will also observe isolated heavy rainfall and snowfall on March 2. The IMD has also predicted scattered to fairly widespread moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan on March 1 and 2.
