An Orange alert is for weather conditions, which have the capacity to impact significantly on the people in the affected areas. He said there was red alert earlier, but now they have issued an orange alert. "There can be isolated heavy rains in the next 24 hours," said MeT director. In wake of heavy rainfall and cloudburst in different parts of Uttarakhand, the Meteorological Department on Sunday issued an orange alert and said there can be isolated heavy rains in the next 24 hours. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat earlier today chaired a meeting to review the ongoing rescue and relief operations in the areas affected by heavy rains and cloudburst.

Source: dna July 03, 2016 08:31 UTC