Met warns of extremely heavy rains in 7 districts of Himachal on Jul 8, 9

The meteorological department office here issued a ‘red’ alert for seven districts of Himachal Pradesh, warning of extremely heavy rainfall on July 8 and 9.

Under the influence of an active western disturbance, intense spells of extremely heavy rainfall are likely at isolated places in Chamba, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Una, Hamirpur and Bilaspur districts on July 8 and 9, it said in a statement.

A ‘red’ alert of extremely heavy rains implies the possibility of more than 204 mm of downpour in a day.