Shimla Floods

Since the monsoon onset in Himachal Pradesh on June 27, the state's rainfall deficit till date stands at 20 per cent.

The meteorological office in Shimla on Monday warned of low to moderate flash flood risk in several parts of Himachal Pradesh, including Chamba, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur and Kinnaur, until Tuesday afternoon.

Flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in Shimla, Kullu and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh on July 31 midnight have so far claimed 22 lives while operations are underway to trace over 30 missing persons, officials said on Wednesday.

The death count due to flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in three districts of Himachal Pradesh has increased to 13 with the recovery of four bodies from Mandi and Shimla districts on Sunday.

Lakhs of tourists thronged Himachal Pradesh during the festive season, particularly on Christmas Eve and the approaching New Year.

The monsoon rain, floods and landslides have led to the uprooting of hundreds of trees in the north Indian hill town Shimla.

The Met office in Shimla has issued an 'orange alert' for heavy to very heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh from August 22-24 and 'yellow alert' for heavy rain on August 21, even as the monsoon remained subdued in the state.

The wreckage of the Pepsu Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC) bus was found 300 meters down from the green tax barrier of the Allo (potato) ground in the middle of the Beas river in Manali on Saturday.

All the stranded people would be evacuated to safe places by today night, Principal Secretary, Revenue, Onkar Chand Sharma said, adding that about 100 people were rescued from different places in the hill state yesterday.

Flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Solan and Hamirpur districts and heavy rain in Shimla, Mandi and Kullu on Sunday killed two people, damaged crops, homes and vehicles, and washed away livestock.

Two women buried alive under debris following a landslide in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, many shops and vehicles were washed away and highways blocked by flash floods in other places.

A woman died while two persons were injured, including a woman, in a landslide in Shimla today. Several others are feared dead in a cloudburst and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu and Kinnaur districts.

A woman died in a landslide in Shimla while a cloudburst and flash floods led to several missing in Himachal Pradesh this morning. The state has been witnessing unrelenting rainfall since last night.

Heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh for the last three days has claimed 19 lives. The state capital Shimla also received the highest rain in August in 117 years, the weather office has said. It has warned the hill state could experience more rain. The India Meteorological Department or IMD has also forecast heavy rain in other states. Goa and the Konkan...

Four persons including three members of a family were feared dead as flash floods triggered by a cloudburst wrecked havoc in Dharampur area of Mandi district, 250 km from Shimla, this morning, inundating vast areas, washing away vehicles and perishing several heads of cattle.

Since the monsoon onset in Himachal Pradesh on June 27, the state's rainfall deficit till date stands at 20 per cent.

The meteorological office in Shimla on Monday warned of low to moderate flash flood risk in several parts of Himachal Pradesh, including Chamba, Kangra, Mandi, Shimla, Sirmaur and Kinnaur, until Tuesday afternoon.

Flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in Shimla, Kullu and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh on July 31 midnight have so far claimed 22 lives while operations are underway to trace over 30 missing persons, officials said on Wednesday.

The death count due to flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in three districts of Himachal Pradesh has increased to 13 with the recovery of four bodies from Mandi and Shimla districts on Sunday.

Lakhs of tourists thronged Himachal Pradesh during the festive season, particularly on Christmas Eve and the approaching New Year.

The monsoon rain, floods and landslides have led to the uprooting of hundreds of trees in the north Indian hill town Shimla.

The Met office in Shimla has issued an 'orange alert' for heavy to very heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh from August 22-24 and 'yellow alert' for heavy rain on August 21, even as the monsoon remained subdued in the state.

The wreckage of the Pepsu Roadways Transport Corporation (PRTC) bus was found 300 meters down from the green tax barrier of the Allo (potato) ground in the middle of the Beas river in Manali on Saturday.

All the stranded people would be evacuated to safe places by today night, Principal Secretary, Revenue, Onkar Chand Sharma said, adding that about 100 people were rescued from different places in the hill state yesterday.

Flash floods triggered by a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Solan and Hamirpur districts and heavy rain in Shimla, Mandi and Kullu on Sunday killed two people, damaged crops, homes and vehicles, and washed away livestock.

Two women buried alive under debris following a landslide in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, many shops and vehicles were washed away and highways blocked by flash floods in other places.

A woman died while two persons were injured, including a woman, in a landslide in Shimla today. Several others are feared dead in a cloudburst and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu and Kinnaur districts.

A woman died in a landslide in Shimla while a cloudburst and flash floods led to several missing in Himachal Pradesh this morning. The state has been witnessing unrelenting rainfall since last night.

Heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh for the last three days has claimed 19 lives. The state capital Shimla also received the highest rain in August in 117 years, the weather office has said. It has warned the hill state could experience more rain. The India Meteorological Department or IMD has also forecast heavy rain in other states. Goa and the Konkan...

Four persons including three members of a family were feared dead as flash floods triggered by a cloudburst wrecked havoc in Dharampur area of Mandi district, 250 km from Shimla, this morning, inundating vast areas, washing away vehicles and perishing several heads of cattle.