Many places of the state are likely to experience intense rain with hailstorms in the districts of Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Bilaspur, Una, Chamba, Hamirpur, Mandi and Kangra
Shimla: Intense rain with thunderstorms and gusty winds may continue in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, a weather official said here on Wednesday, May 31, an IANS report in The Tribune, Chandigarh, says.
“Many places in the state are likely to experience intense rain with hailstorms in the districts of Shimla, Sirmaur, Solan, Bilaspur, Una, Chamba, Hamirpur, Mandi and Kangra,” an official with the Meteorological Department told IANS.
He said the tourist towns of Shimla, Narkanda, Kufri, Kalpa, Kasauli, Chamba, Dharamsala, Palampur and Manali may get moderate to heavy rain.
“High-altitude areas of Lahaul and Spiti, Chamba, Kullu and Kinnaur districts may experience mild snow in the next 24 hours,” the official added.
The average rainfall in the state in May was 61.2 mm. “Till May 30, the state had 109.8 mm in May, which is 79 per cent higher than the average rainfall,” added the official.
According to the IMD, after the fresh western disturbance has been active in the region, the rain continued on Tuesday in different parts of the state.
The IMD has forecast moderate to heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms at many places and hailstorms at isolated places likely to occur in the districts of Bilaspur, Solan, Shimla, Sirmaur, Una, Hamirpur, Mandi, Kangra. It has also predicted light to moderate rainfall in the rest of the districts over the state
Talking to ANI, Surender Paul, head of IMD Himachal Pradesh said, “There has been rain in different parts of the state. The highest rainfall has been recorded in district Kangra and in other parts of the state there is moderate rain.”
Paul further said “As far as the western disturbance is concerned it is active and the impact of WD will be here in all parts of the state for the next two days. All parts of the state will receive rain”, said Surender Paul.
The IMD has also forecasted hailstorms in the state and added that the temperature will also drop.
“The winds and hailstorm will also continue, another western is also approaching Himachal and the minimum and maximum temperatures will also drop in the region.
The rain will be of moderate intensity and the snowfall is also expected. The average speed of wind is 60 to 70 Kms per hour. The WD will be active for 48 hours the wind speed will be reduced and chances of a hailstorm are also there”, said Paul.
*******************************************************
Readers
These are extraordinary times. All of us have to rely on high-impact, trustworthy journalism. And this is especially true of the Indian Diaspora. Members of the Indian community overseas cannot be fed with inaccurate news.
Pravasi Samwad is a venture that has no shareholders. It is the result of an impassioned initiative of a handful of Indian journalists spread around the world. We have taken the small step forward with the pledge to provide news with accuracy, free from political and commercial influence. Our aim is to keep you, our readers, informed about developments at ‘home’ and across the world that affect you.
Please help us to keep our journalism independent and free.
In these difficult times, to run a news website requires finances. While every contribution, big or small, will makes a difference, we request our readers to put us in touch with advertisers worldwide. It will be a great help.
For more information: pravasisamwad00@gmail.com