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Heavy rainfall in parts of Himachal

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Press Trust of India Shimla

Many parts of Himachal Pradesh received light to very heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours, the meteorological department said.

Dharamshala received very heavy rainfall at 119 mm, while heavy rain occurred in Kasauli at 111 mm, according to the Meteorological Centre, Shimla.

Nahan and Bhoranj received moderate rainfall at 61 mm and 56 mm, respectively, while 55 mm of rain occurred in Bharari and 52 mm in Paonta Sahib. Palampur, Sujanpur Tihra, Sundernagar, Gaggal and Sangarah received over 40 mm of rain, the weather office said.

Moderate rainfall also occurred in Bijahi, Jubbal Hatti, Tissa, Rajgarh, Kahu, Nagrota Suriyan, Hamirpur, Dehra Gopipur, Pandoh, Aghar, Ghumarwin, Renuka and Una, the Met department said.

 

Light rainfall occurred in Shimla (10 mm), Rampur (15mm), Kangra (13 mm), Rajgarh (12 mm), Sarahan (10 mm), Sandhole (9 mm). Chailla and Sarahan received very light rainfall at 1 mm each, it said.

The highest temperature in the state was recorded in Una at 36.7 degrees Celsius and the lowest in Keylong at 11.6 degrees Celsius, an said.

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First Published: Jul 08 2019 | 7:40 PM IST

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