Thunderstorm alert issued for 4 districts in Uttarakhand

Thunderstorm and hailstorm alert has been issued for Uttarkashi, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh districts for the next few hours on Tuesday. Tourist destination was Shimla hit by severe hailstorm and rain.

KJ Ramesh, Director General, IMD, said, "In the next 24 hours, hill states like Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh will continue to experience thunderstorms as they have experienced yesterday. The activity over J&K, Punjab, Haryana and north Rajasthan will reduce as compared to yesterday."

Thunderstorm accompanied with squall (wind speed reaching 50­70 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and West Uttar Pradesh.

Also, thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds very likely at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal & Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, West MadhyaPradesh, East Uttar Pradesh, South Interior Karnataka, north Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Tamilnadu and Kerala.