Overview

• IMD said rain will persist for roughly the next 36 hours across parts of Punjab and Haryana under active alerts.
• Eight Punjab districts are under orange alert, including Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Ferozepur.
• Heavy rain warnings cover northwestern Haryana locations such as Ambala, Panchkula, Kaithal, Karnal and Hisar.
• Measured 24-hour totals include Chandigarh at 40.6 mm, Narnaul 41 mm, Ambala 26.8 mm and Amritsar 20.6 mm, with temperatures dropping by up to eight notches.
• Himachal Pradesh is recording light to moderate rain and fresh snowfall, with up to 5 cm in Lahaul-Spiti and 45 mm of rain in Chamba, and high-elevation precipitation expected to continue for about two days.