NDMA warns of heavy rain, flash floods across upper regions from Sept 25 to 30
- On Saturday, the India Meteorological Department issued red and orange rain alerts for multiple Uttarakhand districts, prompting authorities across Uttar Pradesh to close schools from Class 1 to Class 12 to ensure student safety.
- Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami directed officials on Friday to remain on high alert, urging residents and tourists to exercise extreme caution and travel only if essential.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath instructed senior officials on Friday to personally monitor relief and rescue operations, ordering compensation for storm losses assessed and disbursed within 24 hours.
- Dhami ordered departments to monitor sensitive areas including mountain routes and the Char Dham Yatra, keeping essential equipment like JCBs ready, and appealed to parents to protect children from hazardous waterlogged locations.
- For Sunday, September 27, officials issued a red alert for four districts including Dehradun and Haridwar; an orange alert covers four others, while a yellow alert applies to the remaining five districts facing landslide and rising water risks.
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10 killed, 17 injured in rain-related incidents in UP; 63 districts record excess rain
<p> Lucknow, Sep 26 (PTI): Ten people were killed and 17 injured in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, as 63 districts recorded above-normal rainfall and some areas faced a moderate risk of flash floods, officials said.</p><p> The state received 19 times its normal rainfall in the past 24 hours, with heavy rain, thunderstorms and strong winds damaging standing crops and 117 houses, they said.</p><p> Five people were killed in s…
IMD issues heavy rain alert for September 26–27 in Uttarakhand; CM Dhami directs officials to maintain vigilance
The Chief Minister appealed to residents and tourists to exercise extreme caution and urged people to travel only if essential and after checking the latest weather and road conditions.
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LatestlyUttarakhand CM Dhami directs officials to maintain vigilance amid red alert in several districts
Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, in view of the red alert issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the next two days, spoke
Weather tomorrow: IMD issues red, orange alerts across several Uttarakhand districts for Sep 26, 27; CM Dhami reacts
Uttarakhand Weather: The IMD has forecast red, orange and yellow alerts across 13 districts on September 26 and 27, with red alerts covering five and four districts, respectively. CM Pushkar Singh Dhami stressed the importance of caution and adherence to advisories amid expected heavy rainfall.
As a precautionary measure, the administration in several districts of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Uttarakhand has declared a school holiday on Saturday, September 26th. While all schools up to grade 12 will remain closed in Lucknow, Ayodhya, Kaushambi, and Ranchi, institutions that disobey orders have been warned of strict action under the Disaster Management Act. Find out if schools will be closed in your district too?
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