The weather took a turn in the mountainous regions of the State on Sunday with heavy rain causing the death of one person at Gairsain in Chamoli district while one person was reported missing in Almora district. About a dozen cattle also reportedly died due to the inclement weather and resultant flooding.
While the plain regions of the state continued to suffer from rising temperatures, the weather took a turn in the mountainous regions on Sunday. According to information provided by the Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC), information had been received about one person being swept away to his death at Lambagad area of Gairsain in Chamoli district following heavy rain on Sunday. In the Almora district, following heavy rain in Khida area of Chaukhutia, one person was reported to be missing. Three oxen, one buffalo and one cow were reported to have died in the area, the DMMC official informed. According to sources, local police along with State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams had left for the areas affected by heavy rain. The heavy rain is also reported to have damaged the road link to the affected area in Lambagad.
However, the rain also brought some relief in mountainous parts where forest fires have been raging for some days no. Sunday evening saw rainfall in Gairsain, Adibadri, Karnprayag and other areas of Garhwal along with Nainital and Almora in the Kumaon region. The rain not only brought the temperature down, providing relief from the rising heat but also doused of the forest fires raging in different areas.
Meanwhile, the State meteorological centre has forecast mainly clear to partly cloudy sky in the state on Monday. Light to moderate rainfall/thunderstorm is likely to occur at isolated places especially in the mountains today. On Sunday, the maximum and minimum temperatures recorded at various places in the state were 38.3 degree Celsius and 24.6 degree Celsius respectively in Dehradun, 38 degree Celsius and 28.4 degree Celsius in Pantnagar, 25 degree Celsius and 14.7 degree Celsius in Mukteshwar and 28.6 degree Celsius and 16.6 degree Celsius respectively in New Tehri.