MeT office warns of heavy snowfall in Himachal's hills
Shimla,
Jan 14 (PTI) The weather office today warned of heavy rainfall,
snowfall and hail storms in various parts of Himachal Pradesh during the
next 48 hours. "Heavy to
very heavy snowfall is likely to occur at isolated places in the higher
hills. Heavy rainfall is likely in mid-hills and hailstorms in lower
hills during the next 48 hours," Director
of MeT office, Manmohan Singh said. The Western Disturbance as an upper
air system with its centre over North Pakistan and East Afghanistan
will affect the state from this evening onward, he said. The weather
office's prediction comes at a time when the normalcy is yet to be
restored fully in the hill state after snowfalls in the first week of
January.
Meanwhile,
cold wave prevailed in the region inspite of marginal rise in mercury
as strong icy winds continued to sweep the region. The sky remained
partially overcast and pale sun failed to warm up the region. Keylong in
tribal Lahaul and Spiti district was coldest in the region at minus
12.7 deg C followed by Kalpa at minus 6 deg C, Manali minus 4.2 deg C,
Solan minus 0.2 deg C, Bhuntar 0.2 deg C, Una 1.2 deg C, Sundernagar 1.6
deg C and Dharamsala and Shimla both recording 3.1 deg C. The high
altitude tribal areas reeled under biting cold wave with the minimum
temperatures ranging between minus 17 and minus 28 deg C. Natural
sources of water like lakes, springs, rivulets and tributaries of small
rivers were frozen in these areas.
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