By Shishir Prashant 
PrashantNews
An orange alert has been sounded as heavy to very heavy rains are likely to occur in Uttarkashi, Dehradun, Tehri, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Udham Singh Nagar, Bageshwar, Pithoragarh and Nainital district of Uttarakhand on Tuesday.
“Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and very intense to extremely intense spell of rain likely to occur at a few places in Uttarkashi, Dehradun, Tehri, Rudraprayag, Chamoli, Udham Singh Nagar, Bageshwar, Pithoragarh and Nainital district of Uttarakhand,” the IMD said.
In Rudrapryag, schools have been closed as precautionary measure.