An orange alert has been issued by the Meteorological Department in eight districts of Himachal Pradesh which are Kangra, Mandi, Chamba, Bilaspur, Solan, Sirmaur, Kullu, and Shimla and yellow alert has been issued for Una district.
Yellow is the least dangerous among the weather warnings, whereas orange is for weather conditions that have the capacity to impact significantly.
The department said that there is a possibility that the bad weather might continue in Himachal Pradesh till July 22. Over the past few days, heavy rainfall has led to the flooding of several smaller streams in Himachal Pradesh.