Overview

• The India Meteorological Department put parts of Telangana under a red alert from August 28 with forecasts of heavy rain and strong winds over the next four to five days.
• Uttarakhand faces an orange alert in districts including Chamoli, Bageshwar and Pithoragarh, with a yellow alert for several others as very intense spells remain likely.
• Himachal Pradesh districts including Una, Hamirpur, Mandi, Bilaspur, Shimla and Sirmaur and Punjab’s Gurdaspur and Pathankot are under a yellow alert for heavy rain and thunderstorms.
• The IMD warned of isolated hourly rain rates of 50–100 mm and winds up to 62–87 km/h in some Telangana districts, with broader strong gusts forecast across affected regions.
• Field reports detail major disruptions including the Chandigarh–Manali highway closures, Kullu cut off, landslides on the Pandoh–Aut stretch, PTI’s report of 41 rain-related deaths today, and flooding near Kartarpur after releases from Ranjit Sagar Dam.