Udhampur, Jammu Record Heaviest 24-Hour Rainfall Ever: IMD

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir broke new rainfall records with Udhampur, and the Indian Meteorological Department takes 629.4 mm and Jammu 296 mm rain.

The brutal rains beat most of Jammu on Tuesday, and caused landslides in the region, raids of low areas and washing from a few roads and bridges.

32 landslides on the road to the temple of Mata Vaishno giant died, and in the Doda region of Jammu, he was killed in separate events.

According to IMD, the torrential on Tuesday at 8.30 and 8.30 on Wednesday, 342 mm in Udhampur in July 2019 and Jammu in August 1973, 272.6 mm broke the record.

Rescue operations continued on Wednesday when the management and disaster intervention teams reached the residents. Authorities, Jammu and Samba regions under the water remaining more than 5,000 people should be evacuated, he said.

Basic services, including power, water supply and the Internet, are badly hit in various fields, while schools and colleges are closed.

Although most of the Jammu section remained on the edge, the rainfall density decreased on Wednesday.