India, Sept. 2 -- Uttarakhand has recorded 273% excess rainfall in the past 24 hours, leaving over 300 roads blocked. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for seven districts and a yellow alert for three on Wednesday.

According to IMD's Dehradun centre, the state received 38.4 mm rainfall against the normal 10.3 mm till 8.30 am Tuesday. Nainital topped the chart with 80.3 mm of rain-396% above normal-followed by Udham Singh Nagar (65.8 mm, 492% above normal), Pithoragarh (55 mm, 344% above normal) and Almora (53 mm, 813% above normal). Bageshwar too reported a massive 779% excess, while districts such as Champawat, Haridwar, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and Tehri recorded between 119% and 462% more rainfall than a...