Southwest monsoon hits parts of Himachal

The southwest monsoon today arrived in Kinnaur, Lahaul and Spiti, Kullu and Mandi and parts of Sirmaur, Shimla, Kangra and Chamba districts as the MeT said it will advance in remaining parts of Himachal Pradesh in the next few days.
The state received 21 per cent excess rain and all districts except Bilaspur, Chamba, Mandi and Hamirpur had above average rains except.
Una, Kullu and Sirmaur districts recorded 88 per cent, 82 per cent and 71 per cent rainfall above normal. The three districts received 142.5 mm, 156.5 mm and 262.8 mm of rains, respectively.
Kangra recorded 46 per cent excess rain followed by Shimla at 35 per cent and Solan 34 at per cent while Hamirpur and Bilaspur had 9 per cent less rainfall.

The state received widespread rains triggering landslides at some places and the Manali-Leh road was blocked near Koksar as level of water in rivulets rose alarmingly, flooding the road.
Border Road Organisation is diverting the water from the road to restore traffic movement.
The MeT office has predicted moderate to heavy rains and thunder showers in mid and lower hills and snow and rain in high hills upto July 7. Gaggal with 39 mm of rains was the wettest in the region in the past 24 hours.
The maximum temperatures increased by 3-4 degrees and Una was hottest with a high of 36.8 degrees.