Heavy rainfall to hit Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, 14 other states:MET

Heavy rainfall have been predicted by the Meteorological Department in many areas of 16 states, including the national capital, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Rain alert in the next couple of days have been issued in some areas of Uttrakhand, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, Nagaland and Tripura, as per the latest forecast by the Meteorological Department on Friday.
Meanwhile, the Himachal Pradesh government has ordered the closure of schools and colleges in the Kangra district amid alert of heavy rainfall.