As many parts of the State received rainfall with one human fatality due to drowning being reported on Friday, the Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC) has communicated a warning considering the probability of heavy rains in different parts of the State during the next 24-hours from Friday. In the letter addressed to all district magistrates, senior superintendents of police and superintendents of police, the DMMC executive director Piyoosh Rautela cites the weather forecast by the Indian Meteorological Department, Dehradun centre at 1 pm on Friday according to which during the next 24 hours there is a possibility of heavy rain (64.5 millimetres to 115.5 millimetres in some parts of Chamoli, Pauri, Almora, Nainital, Champawat and Pithoragarh districts. While many towns and villages in different parts of the State received varied quantity of rainfall on Friday, the sole human fatality reported on the day was from the Udham Singh Nagar district where 40-year old Shankar Ram of Beria Majhola village in Khatima Tehsil was reported to have died after being swept away by a river.
As per information given by the State Emergency Operation Centre in its evening report, during the period from June 1 to July 22, 44 human fatalities in total have been reported from different parts of the State along with 24 persons reported injured and 13 persons still missing. Also, 69 homes have been fully affected, 179 have been severely affected and 949 have been partially affected during this time period. The authorities have set up a total of 11 relief camps where a total of 898 disaster affected persons are being sheltered. The heavy rain, flooding and landslide incidents so far have also caused the death of 135 cattle and 437 small domesticated animals.