Met predicts rain for 2 days in Himachal

Tribune News Service

Shimla, June 11

Moderate to heavy rain lashed parts of Himachal for the second consecutive day today. The local Met office has issued a yellow warning of thundershowers and lightning and an orange warning of heavy rainfall, thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places in low and middle hills in seven to 10 districts namely Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Chamba, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan and Sirmaur for next two days and predicted wet spell in the region till June 17.

Gaggal at 107 mm was the wettest in the state, followed by Dharamsala at 67 mm, Amb 40 mm, Jogindernagar 31 mm, Sujanpur Tira 25 mm, Nurpur 21 mm , Palampur 16 mm, Dehra Gopipur 15 mm, Pandoh and Sarkaghat at 14 mm each, Baldwara 12 mm, Bharmaur, Paonta Sahib and Bijahi at 10 mm each.

The minimum temperatures fell by 2-3 °C and Keylong was the coldest at night with a low of 10.5°C. There was no appreciable change in the maximum temperatures, which were 1 to 2 °C below normal. Una was the hottest in the day with a maximum of 37.4 °C

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