The Western Himalayas witnessed heavy to moderate intensity rains during the last few days. These hefty rainfall activities led to incidents such as landslides, flash floods. In the Mandi landslide incident, 2 buses were thrashed by the landslides, 46 people had lost their lives and many were badly injured.
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Another cloud burst incident was reported in Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. However, As per Skymet Weather, the rain intensity has reduced over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand significantly.
In the last 24 hours from 8.30 am on Tuesday, Nainital witnessed light rain of 14 mm and Nahan 9.2 mm. These light rains occurred due to the Western Disturbance persisting over Jammu and Kashmir and the axis of Monsoon trough that is running along the foothills of Himalayas.
Click the image below to see the live lightning and thunderstorm across Western Himalayas
As per Skymet Weather, the reason for the reduction in rains can be attributed to the shifting of the axis of Monsoon trough towards South.
The threat of landslides, cloudburst and flash floods that were pretty common in the North Indian hills, have lessen. Manali, Shimla, Nainital, Mussoorie are witnessing pleasant weather conditions. The sky is likely to remain partly cloudy and cool breeze is blowing across the hilly region of the Western Himalayas. Hence, it is the best time to head towards the hill stations for a trip.
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