Himachal Cloudburst

As many as 175 tourists are stranded in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul-Spiti following a cloudburst and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, a senior disaster management official said on Thursday.

With Himachal Pradesh and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh being hit by cloudbursts, experts on Wednesday said predicting this disaster is difficult as it is mostly a localised event and occurs in the hilly areas.

Flash floods in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh killed at least 17 people, damaged several houses and a mini hydro-power plant while many north Indian states received widespread rainfall on Wednesday.

In a difficult midnight operation, rescue teams saved a man trapped between two nullahs (drains) following a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala, which triggered a flash flood.

There was no respite for Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala as a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the area, swept away buildings and cars and forced the airport and roads to shut down.

Heavy rain lashed Mcleodganj and nearby areas at a time when tourists from different parts of the country have thronged the hill station.

A car was washed away today in flash floods after a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, police said.

At least 48 people were killed and several injured after a massive landslide buried two government buses in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, officials said on Sunday. The number of people killed could rise as over 50 passengers were travelling in the two buses hit by the landslide at Kotpuri near Padhar on the Mandi-Pathankot national highway in ...

Monsoon rains wreaked fresh havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslips as the toll climbed to 81. Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the two northern states, have been the worst affected. Thousands of people are stranded. 5000 Army troops are out on rescue missions in parts of Uttarakhand, UP and Haryana. 12 Air Force...

Large tracts of land in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district were washed away in flash floods which occurred due to a cloudburst on Monday. Several parts of the state also received moderate to heavy rainfall.

As many as 175 tourists are stranded in Himachal Pradesh's Lahaul-Spiti following a cloudburst and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall, a senior disaster management official said on Thursday.

With Himachal Pradesh and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh being hit by cloudbursts, experts on Wednesday said predicting this disaster is difficult as it is mostly a localised event and occurs in the hilly areas.

Flash floods in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh killed at least 17 people, damaged several houses and a mini hydro-power plant while many north Indian states received widespread rainfall on Wednesday.

In a difficult midnight operation, rescue teams saved a man trapped between two nullahs (drains) following a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala, which triggered a flash flood.

There was no respite for Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala as a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the area, swept away buildings and cars and forced the airport and roads to shut down.

Heavy rain lashed Mcleodganj and nearby areas at a time when tourists from different parts of the country have thronged the hill station.

A car was washed away today in flash floods after a cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district, police said.

At least 48 people were killed and several injured after a massive landslide buried two government buses in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district, officials said on Sunday. The number of people killed could rise as over 50 passengers were travelling in the two buses hit by the landslide at Kotpuri near Padhar on the Mandi-Pathankot national highway in ...

Monsoon rains wreaked fresh havoc in northern India leading to flash floods, cloudbursts and landslips as the toll climbed to 81. Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, the two northern states, have been the worst affected. Thousands of people are stranded. 5000 Army troops are out on rescue missions in parts of Uttarakhand, UP and Haryana. 12 Air Force...

Large tracts of land in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district were washed away in flash floods which occurred due to a cloudburst on Monday. Several parts of the state also received moderate to heavy rainfall.