Colour-Coded Weather Alerts:
IMD issued ‘red alert’ in Gujarat due to heavy rainfall and severe waterlogging.
- India Meteorological Department (IMD) issues colour-coded weather alerts from time to time. These keep citizens informed and help in greater preparedness
- ‘Green’ stands for ‘No warning’: no action needs to be taken by the authorities, and the forecast is of light to moderate rain.
- According to the weather department, 15.6 mm to 64.4 mm rain is considered “moderate”.
- ‘Yellow’ alert signifies “Watch”, and authorities are advised to “Be updated” on the situation. According to the weather department, 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm rain is considered “heavy”.
- ‘Orange’ warning stands for “Alert”, and authorities are expected to “Be prepared”.
- The forecast during an Orange warning is of heavy to very heavy rainfall. According to IMD, 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm rain is considered “very heavy”.
- ‘Red’ alert stands for “Warning”, and asks authorities to “Take action”.
- The forecast is for extremely heavy rainfall. According to IMD, more than 204.5 mm rain is considered “extremely heavy”.
