Himachal records 173% excess Rainfall, Bilaspur tops with 613% surge

Shimla, Oct 31,

Himachal Pradesh witnessed the wettest October in two decades as the state recorded 68.5 mm of rainfall against the normal of 25.1 mm, marking an excess of 173 per cent, according to data released by the Meteorological Centre Shimla. The month’s rainfall was the fourteenth highest since 1901 and the highest since 2005, while the all-time record remains 1955 when the state had received 413.5 mm. Meteorologists said the unusual increase was triggered by two back-to-back vigorous western disturbances that lashed the state between October 6 and 8, turning what is usually a dry post-monsoon month into one of heavy precipitation and thunderstorm activity.

Almost every district of the state received large exce

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