Stay away from Himachal's river banks, tourists told

Tribune News Service

Shimla, July 11

The local Met office has issued an advisory to residents and tourists to not venture near river banks as the water level may increase due to heavy rains, which may also lead to landslides and uprooting of trees.

Yellow and orange warning of thunderstorm, lightning, heavy to very heavy rains in ten out of twelve districts, barring tribal districts of Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti, has been issued for the next two days. Wet weather will prevail in the region till July 17.

Heavy to very heavy rains lashed several parts of the state. Naina Devi was the wettest with 181 mm of rains. Renuka recorded 155 mm of rains followed by Jatton Barrage 149 mm, Nahan 119 mm, Kasauli 116 mm, Bharari 104 mm, Hamirpur 98 mm.

While light to moderate rains were witnessed in many places such as Mehre with 38 mm of rain, Kahu with 35 mm, Palampur 31 mm, Baldwara 30 mm, Sujanpur Tira 29 mm, Jhandutta and Berthin 25 mm each, Kufri 23.5 mm, Nalagarh 23 mm, Kasol 21mm, Kothi 19 mm, Bhoranj Jubbarhatti and Manali 18 mm each, Gohar and Baijnath 17 mm each, Bilapsur and Una 13 mm each, Sundernagar 12.5 mm, Jogindernagar and Rampur 9 mm each, Narkanda 5 mm and Shimla 4 mm.

Keylong in Lahaul and Spiti district was the coldest at night with a low of 12 degrees C. Maximum temperatures dropped by two or three degrees and Una was the hottest in the day, recording a high of 34.7 degrees C.