'Orange alert' issued day before disaster, says IMD

Though an 'orange alert' - which means "be prepared for action and do not wait for a red alert" - is adequate to galvanise actions on the ground to minimise the impact of extreme weather events, especially as the district received significantly more rainfall than predicted by the Met department, experts have flagged the real problem as the multiplicity of agencies that continue to work in silos.

'Orange alert' issued day before disaster, says IMD
Though an 'orange alert' - which means "be prepared for action and do not wait for a red alert" - is adequate to galvanise actions on the ground to minimise the impact of extreme weather events, especially as the district received significantly more rainfall than predicted by the Met department, experts have flagged the real problem as the multiplicity of agencies that continue to work in silos.