At least six people were killed in North and Northeast India due to weather-related incidents in the past 24 hours.
At least six people were killed in North and Northeast India due to weather-related incidents in the past 24 hours.
In Jammu and Kashmir, three people were killed and nearly a dozen houses were damaged in rain-related incidents in different districts of the Jammu region. Officials said 28 cattle also perished in the heavy rains in different districts, especially in the areas in the Chenab Valley over the past three days.
Heavy rains also prompted authorities to issue flood alerts as Jhelum river was flowing above the danger level.
The bad weather also played spoilsport for the Amarnath Yatra which remained suspended for hours. Schools across the Kashmir valley were closed on Saturday in view of the inclement weather.
However, on Sunday morning weather in both Jammu and Kashmir divisions improved. The water level in Jhelum has receded and the Amarnath Yatra resumed.
3 KILLED AS BOULDER HITS VEHICLE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH
In Arunachal Pradesh, three people were killed when a huge boulder, loosened by monsoon rains, rolled down a mountain and hit an SUV in Lower Siang district, police said.
Superintendent of Police, Lower Siang and S Singhpho said the SUV was going to Silapathar in Assam from Basar when the boulder rolled down the mountain slope and hit the vehicle, killing three persons and injuring some people. This was the second such incident within last two days.
Five ITBP personnel were crushed to death and seven injured when a huge boulder rolled down a mountain and hit their vehicle on the Basar-Akajan road in the district on Friday, police said.
WATERLOGGING IN ORISSA
The coastal state of Orissa is also receiving heavy rains. Parts of the capital city of Bhubaneshwar have been waterlogged, news agency ANI reported.
MORE RAINS IN NEXT TWO DAYS: MET
Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department (Met) in its weather bulletin said, "Rainfall activity is very likely to occur at most places with isolated heavy to very heavy falls over northern parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, Western Himalayan region and north-eastern states from July 1 to July 3."
For Uttar Pradesh, the Met department has said rain or thundershowers are very likely at most places over the eastern and western parts of the state on Sunday.
The maximum temperature stayed below normal level at several places in Punjab and Haryana with Chandigarh, the joint capital of the two states, recording a maximum of 36.4 degrees Celsius.
In Jammu and Kashmir, three people were killed and nearly a dozen houses were damaged in rain-related incidents in different districts of the Jammu region. Officials said 28 cattle also perished in the heavy rains in different districts, especially in the areas in the Chenab Valley over the past three days.
Heavy rains also prompted authorities to issue flood alerts as Jhelum river was flowing above the danger level.
The bad weather also played spoilsport for the Amarnath Yatra which remained suspended for hours. Schools across the Kashmir valley were closed on Saturday in view of the inclement weather.
However, on Sunday morning weather in both Jammu and Kashmir divisions improved. The water level in Jhelum has receded and the Amarnath Yatra resumed.
3 KILLED AS BOULDER HITS VEHICLE IN ARUNACHAL PRADESH
In Arunachal Pradesh, three people were killed when a huge boulder, loosened by monsoon rains, rolled down a mountain and hit an SUV in Lower Siang district, police said.
Superintendent of Police, Lower Siang and S Singhpho said the SUV was going to Silapathar in Assam from Basar when the boulder rolled down the mountain slope and hit the vehicle, killing three persons and injuring some people. This was the second such incident within last two days.
Five ITBP personnel were crushed to death and seven injured when a huge boulder rolled down a mountain and hit their vehicle on the Basar-Akajan road in the district on Friday, police said.
WATERLOGGING IN ORISSA
The coastal state of Orissa is also receiving heavy rains. Parts of the capital city of Bhubaneshwar have been waterlogged, news agency ANI reported.
MORE RAINS IN NEXT TWO DAYS: MET
Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department (Met) in its weather bulletin said, "Rainfall activity is very likely to occur at most places with isolated heavy to very heavy falls over northern parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh, Western Himalayan region and north-eastern states from July 1 to July 3."
For Uttar Pradesh, the Met department has said rain or thundershowers are very likely at most places over the eastern and western parts of the state on Sunday.
The maximum temperature stayed below normal level at several places in Punjab and Haryana with Chandigarh, the joint capital of the two states, recording a maximum of 36.4 degrees Celsius.