Weather update Highlights | Himachal logs over 200% excess rain in July, death toll reaches 31

Weather update LIVE | Himachal logs over 200% excess rain in July in first 10 days, Kinnaur wettest

Himachal Pradesh received 249.6 mm average rainfall from July 1 to July 11 against a normal rainfall of 76.6 mm, an excess of 226 percent. Kinnaur district received 500 per cent excess rains, followed by Solan 426 percent, Sirmaur 367 percent, Shimla 360 percent, Bilaspur 325 percent, and Kullu 283 percent. Lahaul and Spiti received 233 percent, Chamba 220 percent, Una 218 percent, Hamirpur 171 percent, Mandi 130 percent, and Kangra 75 per cent, said the weather office.

Weather update LIVE | Former Himachal CM ⁦Jairam Ramesh visited Mandi to review situation 
 

Weather update LIVE | Delhi LG chaired meeting to devise workable solution to overcome waterlogging in Delhi

Delhi LG VK Saxena chaired a meeting with senior officials of stakeholder agencies - PWD, NDMC, MCD, DJB, I&FC & Railways to review the situation and devise workable solutions to overcome severe waterlogging in Delhi. LG visited waterlogging-prone sites including Pragati Maidan Tunnel, Minto Bridge and Zakhira Underpass this morning.

Weather update LIVE | Rain continues in Uttarakhand, five pilgrims killed

Rain continued at several places in Uttarakhand on Tuesday even as five pilgrims were killed and eight others injured in landslides and due to boulders falling from mountains in the past 24 hours. Incessant rain nearly crippled the state infrastructure with several routes, including national highways, closed due to frequent landslides, affecting the 'Char Dham yatra' currently underway.

The Met Department has forecast heavy rain on Tuesday and Wednesday and asked the state administration to take adequate precautions. (PTI)

Weather update LIVE |  Delhi Old Railway Bridge water level likely to rise further, rescue and evacuation work on place

Delhi Government Flood report | The present level of river water at Old Railway Bridge (ORB) at 8 PM is 206.76 meters. As per Central Water Commission (CWC), the water level at Old Railway Bridge (ORB) is expected to be at 207.00 meters at 3 AM on 12th July & thereafter, it was likely to further increase. 45 boats; 17 pertaining to Boat Club & 28 pertaining to I&FC Department have been put on duty for awareness, evacuation & rescue work.

Weather update LIVE | Water level in Bhakra reservoir reached near highest level, but no need to panic: Bhakra Beas Management Board Secretary

Weather update LIVE | Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu conducts aerial survey of flood-affected areas of state, here what he says:

Weather update LIVE | Raining heavily in Haryana, but suffered lesser damage than Himachal Pradesh: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

It's raining heavily in Haryana, but due to heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, the flow of water has increased here, about which I have informed the PM. We have not suffered as much damage as in Himachal Pradesh, says Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

Weather update LIVE | Kerala LoP seeks CM Sukhu's intervention to ensure safety of stranded Malayali students in Himachal Pradesh

Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly V D Satheesan on Tuesday sought the intervention of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu to ensure the safety of 47 students from Kerala who are stranded in Manali district due to the flash floods and torrential rains.In a letter to the Chief Minister, Satheesan said the Keralite students, including 45 medical students from Government Medical Colleges in Ernakulam and Thrissur districts, have been stranded in the north Indian state since the rains wreaked havoc there.

Among the 47 stranded students, 45 are medicos, of whom 27 are from Kochi and 18 from Thrissur. He said the remaining two students are said to be stranded in Tosh village in the remote Parvati valley, and more information about them is still awaited. According to available information, the students from Ernakulam are staying at the Nasogi Woods hotel, which is located near the Hidimba temple and the HPWD guest house, Satheesan said.

Weather update LIVE | Amarnath Yatra resumes after three-day halt from Ramban in J&K

Weather update LIVE | Delhi LG should stop playing politics over waterlogging in the capital: AAP

Weather update LIVE | Thousands moved safer places in Delhi as Yamuna water level rises

The Delhi government on Tuesday said thousands of people living in the floodplain of the swollen Yamuna river in the city have been shifted to makeshift accommodations in safer places and provided with food and water. Saurabh Bharadwaj, the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government's water minister, said the evacuation process was underway. The affected people are being shifted to places in the East, North, Northeast, Southeast, Central and Shahdara districts of Delhi where more than 2,700 tents have been arranged for them.

Bharadwaj said most of the tents to shelter the evacuated people have been pitched in the East district (1,700), besides 280 in North East Delhi district, 170 in Shahdara, 150 in Central and 384 in South East district among others. Shelters have also been readied in the North district where food water and other facilities were made available, he said. (PTI)

Weather update LIVE | Weather clears in rain-battered Punjab, Haryana; authorities step up relief efforts

The rain ebbed on Tuesday in Haryana and Punjab after three days of incessant downpour, which left behind a trail of destruction in several parts of the twin states where properties worth crores were damaged and nine lives lost. The governments in both states have stepped up efforts to provide relief to the affected people. On Tuesday morning, the weather was clear at most places in the region, which brought relief to the people after the incessant downpour inundated homes and caused extensive damage to crops and vegetables in many districts. Officials said relief shelters have been set up in the affected districts, including Rupnagar, Patiala, Mohali, Ambala and Panchkula, in the two states. (PTI)

Weather update LIVE | Free food, mattresses arranged by Delhi government

"As the water level in Yamuna river has exceeded the danger mark, people living along the banks are being evacuated to safer areas. Arrangements of mattresses and free food have been made by the Delhi Government," Delhi Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj said after he reviewed relief measures.

Weather update LIVE | Around 72 dead, 8-10 missing in Himachal Pradesh

"Since the onset of monsoon on June 24 till yesterday, We have around 72 deaths reported and 8-10 are missing following heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh. Over 73 houses have been damaged and 373 animals have died. Over Rs 761 crores worth of properties have been damaged," Onkar Chand Sharma, Revenue & Disaster Management principal secretary on flood situation in Himachal Pradesh said.