Uttar Pradesh
Heavy Rain Alert in Uttar Pradesh
- 27 Sep 2024
- 3 min read
Why in News?
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an important weather warning for Uttar Pradesh, placing various districts under Yellow and Orange alerts.
- This alert is primarily due to a low-pressure area over the northwest Bay of Bengal, which has intensified into a cyclonic circulation currently affecting Uttar Pradesh.
Key Points
- Districts Under Heavy Rain Alert: A total of 24 districts are under a heavy rain alert. These include: Banda, Chitrakoot, Kaushambi, Prayagraj, Deoria, Gorakhpur, Bahraich, Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur, Ayodhya, Ambedkar Nagar, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Mahoba, Jhansi, Lalitpur,
- In these districts, the IMD has issued a yellow alert, indicating the possibility of heavy rainfall.
- Districts Under Very Heavy Rain Alert: Eight districts are under an orange alert for very heavy rainfall. These districts are Sant Kabir Nagar, Basti, Kushinagar, Maharajganj, Siddharthnagar, Gonda, Balrampur, Shravasti.
- Residents in these areas should be prepared for extremely heavy rainfall and potential disruptions.
Colour- Coded Weather Warning
- It is issued by the IMD whose objective is to alert people ahead of severe or hazardous weather which has the potential to cause damage, widespread disruption or danger to life.
- The IMD uses 4 color codes are:
- Green (All is well): No advisory is issued.
- Yellow (Be Aware): Yellow indicates severely bad weather spanning across several days. It also suggests that the weather could change for the worse, causing disruption in day-to-day activities.
- Orange/Amber (Be prepared): The orange alert is issued as a warning of extremely bad weather with the potential of disruption in commute with road and rail closures, and interruption of power supply.
- Red (Take Action): When the extremely bad weather conditions are certainly going to disrupt travel and power and have significant risk to life, the red alert is issued.
- These alerts are universal in nature and are also issued during floods, depending on the amount of water rising above land/in a river as a result of torrential rainfall.
- For instance, when the water in a river is ‘above normal’ level, or between the ‘warning’ and ‘danger’ levels, a yellow alert is issued.
