A bus carrying passengers overturned at an overflowing drain in Uttarakhand's Nainital amidst heavy rainfall, news agency PTI reported. A video of the passengers coming out of the tilting bus was captured. While onlookers gathered around the spot, the passengers on the bus went onto the roof to come outside.






Weather Update


Over the last two days, much of India received tremendous rain. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over the Himalayan foothills, including Uttarakhand, north Uttar Pradesh, Sub-Himalaya West Bengal, and Sikkim, over the next four to five days. Rainfall is expected to intensify throughout Northeast India during the next five days. 


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Rainfall is expected to be light over Peninsular India in the coming days. Meanwhile, a low-pressure region over northeast Madhya Pradesh and its surroundings is expected to bring severe to extremely heavy rain to East Madhya Pradesh on Saturday.


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"Light/moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh during 05th-09th August; Himachal Pradesh, Haryana-Chandigarh on 05th & 06th August; Punjab, East Rajasthan and Jammu on 05th August, 2023," the IMD stated. 


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Isolated heavy rain is anticipated in east Uttar Pradesh between August 6 and 8, and in Uttarakhand till August 9.


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