Heavy rainfall was reported in Kumaon and Garhwal region of Uttarakhand in the last 24 hours. Nainital recorded a maximum of 145 mm rainfall was while, 130 mm rainfall was reported each in Haridwar and Bageshwar in the last 24 hours on Saturday.
The Indian Meteorological Centre, Uttarakhand has forecasted moderate to rather heavy rainfall at a few places especially in Kumaon and light to moderate rainfall in Garhwal region on Sunday.
Incessant rain in the last few days in Dehradun and other parts of the State has disrupted normal life of the residents. The State capital received light rainfall measuring 35 mm by Saturday evening.
Incessant rain on Saturday in the State capital caused waterlogging in various low lying areas leading to much public inconvenience.
The worst sufferers were office goers and school children. The first monsoon rain in the city washed away the tall claims of the district administration about its preparedness to cope up with the situation.
Heavy rainfall has been reported at isolated places in the State for the last 72 hours. As per meteorological centre report, by 8.30 am on Saturday, 103 mm rainfall was recorded in Almora, 130 mm in Bageshwar, 76 mm in Joshimath, 119 mm in Champawat, 35 mm in Dehradun, 118 mm in Kotdwar, 62 mm in Rudraprayag, 53 mm in Tehri, 130 mm in Haridwar, 145 in Nainital, 122 mm in Pantnagar, 33 mm in Uttarkashi, 101 in Pithoragarh and 35 mm in Munsiyari.
The Uttarakhand Meteorological Centre director Anand Sharma said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 28.3°C and 22.1°C respectively in Dehradun on Saturday. The weather forecast for Dehradun on Sunday is cloudy sky and one or two spells of moderate rain / thunder storm at isolated places in the district.
The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 28°C and 24°C respectively on Sunday in Dehradun.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Sunday is generally cloudy and light to moderate rain / thunder storm at many places in Uttarakhand. Rather heavy rainfall may occur at isolated places especially in Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Pauri, Dehradun, Nainital and Pithoragarh districts, he added.