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Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and gusty wind (30-40 kmph gusting up to 50 kmph) is very likely to occur at isolated places over Almora, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Champawat, Dehradun, Haridwar, Nainital, Pauri Garhwal, Pithoragarh, Rudraprayag, Tehri Garhwal, Uttarkashi in next 24 hours.
अगले 24 घंटो में राज्य के पर्वतीय जनपदों एवं हरिद्वार जनपद में कहीं-कहीं गर्जन के साथ आकाशीय बिजली चमकने एवं झोंकेदार हवाएं (30-40 किमी./घंटा से बढ़कर 50 किमी./घंटा तक) चलने की संभावना है |
Severity
Moderate
Urgency
Expected
Certainty
Likely
Area (as issued): 12 districts of Uttarakhand
Issued by IMD Dehradun · 29 Oct, 12:52 pm ISTValid until 30 Oct, 12:47 pm IST
Retrieved from sachet.ndma.gov.in 29 Oct, 1:00 pm IST (16 h ago). Each alert shows its own issue and expiry times; an expired alert is never shown as current.
All active alerts in India · scope words: “District-level alert” means the issuer named the district, not this village.
Nearest emergency services we know of
Distances from Balan's mapped point (30.1628° N, 79.6948° E, OpenStreetMap), straight-line, not by road.
Hospitals and primary health centres
SubCentre, GhesPrimary health centre · 4.7 km · Ghes · 246427Source: OpenStreetMap (snapshot 2026-10-23) · availability, opening hours and beds not confirmed.
SubCentre, MundoliPrimary health centre · 8.5 km · Mundoli · 246427Source: OpenStreetMap (snapshot 2026-10-23) · availability, opening hours and beds not confirmed.
SubCentre, WanPrimary health centre · 8.8 km · Wan · 246435Source: OpenStreetMap (snapshot 2026-10-23) · availability, opening hours and beds not confirmed.
Police stations
None in our data within the search radius. This is a gap in our data, not proof there is none — call 112.
Fire stations
Forest Fire Crew StationFire station · 21.4 kmSource: OpenStreetMap (snapshot 2026-10-23) · availability, opening hours and beds not confirmed.
Facilities come from the places directory (OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). Phone numbers from the map are not shown: they are not verified. For police, fire and ambulance call 112.
Official alerts for Chamoli district, last 90 days
Counts of alerts the issuers placed at Chamoli district or inside it, grouped by the issuer's event and severity words. Alert history is not a risk rating.
Thunder shower with strong wind — Moderate1 alert · latest 29 Oct, 12:52 pm IST · placed at district level
What to do, by hazard
Official Do's & Don'ts from the National Disaster Management Authority. Each link opens NDMA's SACHET portal, which also has them in Indian languages. VoiceOfVillage adds no advice of its own.
No verified hazard zonation or event record is loaded for Balan yet. Missing data is not zero risk. Nothing here ranks villages.
Location
Exact point from OpenStreetMap.
Alert matching
An alert appears here only when its issuer placed it at this village, its mandal or its district (LGD code or an unambiguous name, confidence ≥ 0.9), or at the state as Extreme. Expired, replaced and withdrawn alerts are never shown as current.
Sources and freshness
NDMA SACHET — disaster alerts (CAP 1.2) — National Disaster Management Authority, with IMD and State Disaster Management Authorities; Public domain (feed <copyright>). Last read 30 Oct, 5:10 am IST (2 min ago).
