The India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Dehradun has issued a heavy rainfall alert for Rudraprayag district till July 4. The district administration has asked people to stay alert over the next four days.
As a precaution, the administration has advised residents and visitors to stay away from rivers, streams and areas vulnerable to landslides as a preventive measure.
Officials have urged people to be careful and follow all instructions issued by the district administration and weather department to stay safe.
The administration said it is keeping a close watch on the weather situation. People have also been asked to regularly check official weather updates and alerts.
On Tuesday, the IMD recorded 31.8 mm of rainfall in Dehradun and 58 mm in Pantnagar. According to the department's nowcast forecast, Rudraprayag is likely to receive rainfall of 5-15 mm per hour on Wednesday, along with light thunderstorms and surface winds of less than 40 kmph.
The IMD has also issued an orange alert for five districts—Nainital, Dehradun, Haridwar, Pauri Garhwal and Udham Singh Nagar. These areas are likely to receive light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms.
Meanwhile, the IMD said India recorded its fifth-lowest rainfall for June since 1901. Despite this, the southwest monsoon is likely to move into Delhi and parts of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and the entire Jammu and Kashmir over the next two to three days.
The country received 99.5 mm of rainfall in June against the normal average of 165.3 mm, resulting in a rainfall deficit of nearly 40 per cent. This made June 2026 the fifth driest June in more than a century, according to the IMD.
Out of the country's 36 meteorological subdivisions, 24 recorded below-normal rainfall, while three experienced a large rainfall deficit during June.
The weather office said the southwest monsoon entered the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on May 16 and reached Kerala on June 4, three days later than its usual arrival date. Since then, it has covered the entire Northeast, Southeast, much of Central India and parts of Northwest India.
The IMD said no low-pressure systems developed during June. Although typhoon activity remained above normal over the western Pacific, most systems moved away towards the north-northwest, reducing the chances of low-pressure systems forming over the Indian Ocean.
The weather department also said the developing El Niño affected rainfall across the country. At the same time, the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) remained neutral and could not balance El Niño's impact. The IMD expects El Niño conditions to continue through the rest of the 2026 southwest monsoon season.
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