Heavy rainfall is likely to lash several places in Chamoli district on July 16 to be followed by the same in Dehradun and Uttarkashi districts on July 17.
Dehradun woke up to a cloudy morning on Friday with rains having occurred for close to two hours in some places. Water level of several rivers seeing a rise, the administration remains engaged in shifting the people residing in the vicinity of such swollen rivers to safer places.
The weather forecast for Uttarakhand on Saturday is partly to generally cloudy sky with possibility of light to moderate rain/thunder showers at many places.
Bikram Singh, Meteorological centre director, said on Friday that the intensity of the monsoon remaining a bit weak across Uttarakhand during the past 24 hours, light to moderate rainfall has occurred at a few places on Friday.
The maximum 50 mm rainfall was reported in Dharchula by 8.30 am on Friday. By 5.30 pm on Friday, 8 mm rain was recorded in Dehradun, 6.4 mm in Karnprayag and 5.6 mm rainfall in Joshimath . The highest maximum temperature 35.8°C was recorded at Rudraprayag.
As many as eight of the link roads across Dehradun district continued to be blocked due to landslides triggered by the incessant rains over the past few days. Many rain-fed rivers being in state of spate, people living in its vicinity have been asked to leave for higher and safer places. As per a Dehradun district disaster control room official, as many as 34 calls related to collapse of safety walls, damage of payjal lines, short supply of portable waters, blockage of roads, water logging conditions and others have been reported at control room on Friday. According to the official, the department officers have been informed about the received complaints and things were being addressed promptly.
Among the roads that were blocked included one in Mussoorie, four in Kalsi, one each in Kalighat Sarona, Malsi Road and lKD Kimari.
The level of humidity continues to stay high with Dehradun and New Tehri experiencing 88 per cent humidity on Wednesday while it was 98 in Mukteshwar and 85 in Pantnagar.
The maximum temperature was 32.6 degree Celsius- two notches above the normal –in Dehradun on Friday while the minimum was 24.6 degree Celsius two notches above the normal- in the city.
The weather forecast for Dehradun on Saturday is generally cloudy sky with the possibility of rain/thunder showers. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 32°C and 24°C respectively here on Saturday.