IMD issues orange alert for rainfall in Northwest India

New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for rainfall over almost the entire part of northwest India. According to a senior scientist at IMD, Naresh Kumar, the western disturbances are currently situated over Haryana along with Pakistan and adjoining areas, which will lead to rainfall activities in northwest India.

Due to this, the weather department has issued warning of heavy rainfall over Jammu and



Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. Similarly, alerts have also been issued for Punjab and Haryana. As per IMD, the National Capital will also witness a downpour for the next two days due to Western disturbances. 

The last two days of rain in Delhi have caused the maximum temperature to drop to 26.1 degrees Celsius, which is 13 degrees below the season's normal and the lowest since 4th April 2015.