A red alert has been issued for Uttarakhand and western Uttar Pradesh as the interaction between western disturbance and monsoon circulation, which caused extreme damage in Himachal Pradesh, is moving towards the east, India Meteorological Department Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra. The worst for Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Punjab is over and we need to take care of Uttarakhand and western UP where extremely heavy rainfall is predicted, he added.