Overview

• Jammu logged 190.4 mm of rain in 24 hours, the second-highest August total in a century, damaging a bridge on the Jammu–Pathankot highway and inundating neighborhoods.
• SDRF and police evacuated about 45 IIIM hostel students by boat in Jammu, while schools across the division and class 10–11 board exams were called off due to flooding and landslide risk.
• Jharkhand reported at least five deaths from rain-related incidents as Subernarekha, Kharkai, Barakar and Damodar rivers flowed above danger levels and fresh alerts were issued.
• Rajasthan saw flood-like conditions in Kota, Bundi, Sawai Madhopur and Tonk, Jaipur ordered schools closed for two days, and an IAF Mi‑17 was placed on standby for HADR support; Dausa recorded 29 cm of rain.
• Himachal Pradesh closed 484 roads, including two national highways, as the IMD maintained warnings, with broader orange alerts and forecasts of heavy to very heavy rain across J&K, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Odisha through the week.