Normal life in the higher reaches of Uttarakhand has been disrupted following snowfall, rainfall and subsequent landslides over the past 24 hours.
Snowfall was reported from several high- altitude places like Kedarnath and some places in Pithoragarh district and Chakrata region of Dehradun district. Fog is likely to envelop the plain areas of the state like Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts during the morning hours for two days from on December 14 while some parts of the hills are likely to experience ground frost during the night on at least three days starting from Dec 14.
It drizzled in Dehradun during the morning hours on Wednesday. Things turned a bit clearer as the day progressed. While the maximum temperature came down by one degree the minimum gained by five degree in the city on Wednesday.
Over the past 24 hours by 8.30 am on Wednesday, 20 mm rainfall occurred each in Jakholi and Purola while 10 mm each in Ukhimath, Gairsain, Tyuni, Badkot, Bhatwadi, Tehri, Ghansali and Srinagar, 2.4 mm in Dehradun and 0.4 mm in Mukteshwar. The highest maximum temperature of the state 23.9°C was recorded at Pantnagar while the lowest minimum temperature 2.7°C was recorded at Munsiyari on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the maximum temperature and minimum temperatures were recorded at 20.9 degree Celsius, one notch below the normal, and 12.5 degree Celsius, five degrees above the normal in Dehradun.