Traffic chaos is reported from parts of the multimillion city Delhi. Both there and in many other cities, schools have been closed.
The red warning in the capital area is expected to apply for the entire week.
And further north, the situation is reported to be even worse. In the state of Uttarakhand, along the border with China, a glacier has collapsed, which has led to new streams of water and debris in the area. This has in turn meant that the river Bhagirathi has been blocked so that a new lake with a diameter of over one kilometer has formed near the tourist town of Harsil.
Fact: India's rain warning scale
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India's weather agency IMD has a warning scale for daily rainfall with four levels: Green: Light rain, up to 64 millimeters Yellow: 64.5-115.5 millimeters of rainfall Orange: 115.6–204.4 millimeters Red: Extreme rainfall, over 204.5 millimeters – equivalent to almost a third of what parts of Sweden get in a whole year. Source: Indian media
