Himachal Pradesh Flash Floods

Amid flash floods triggered by incessant rains, the Lahaul-Spiti district administration has requested the Army and Border Road Organisation to restore six bridges that have been damaged in the past three days, said authorities on Thursday.

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.

At least eight people are feared dead and seven reported missing in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, a senior disaster management official said today.

One person was killed while 10 have gone missing as flash floods triggered by incessant rains lashed Himachal Pradesh, a senior disaster management official said today.

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.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has rushed three teams to conduct rescue-and-search operations in the flash flood-affected regions in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Monday.

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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the situation caused by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh is being closely monitored with central authorities working in coordination with the state government.

Manju Warrier and her film crew, including filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, got stranded in Himachal Pradesh on Monday after flash floods and landslides blocked the roads in many parts of the state.

Malayalam superstar Manju Warrier and her film crew were among those stranded in Himachal Pradesh as flash floods and landslides blocked roads in many parts of the state. Three days of heavy rain led to snapping of several key road links. They have been rescued and are being moved to safety, the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister said.

Heavy rain pummelled several parts of North India on Sunday, leaving at least 28 people dead and 22 missing in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab. A flood alert was issued in parts of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh as the Yamuna and other rivers neared the danger mark. In southern India, the number of deaths in flood-ravaged Kerala ...

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

Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh today claimed eight lives and hundreds, including school students, were stranded in the state as incessant rainfall for the third straight day triggered landslides and snapped over 200 road links, officials said.

The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rains on Wednesday and all the major rivers and their tributaries were in spate, officials said. There could be heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places in the state till Thursday, the Met office warned.

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...

Amid flash floods triggered by incessant rains, the Lahaul-Spiti district administration has requested the Army and Border Road Organisation to restore six bridges that have been damaged in the past three days, said authorities on Thursday.

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.

At least eight people are feared dead and seven reported missing in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, a senior disaster management official said today.

One person was killed while 10 have gone missing as flash floods triggered by incessant rains lashed Himachal Pradesh, a senior disaster management official said today.

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.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has rushed three teams to conduct rescue-and-search operations in the flash flood-affected regions in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, officials said on Monday.

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.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the situation caused by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh is being closely monitored with central authorities working in coordination with the state government.

Manju Warrier and her film crew, including filmmaker Sanal Kumar Sasidharan, got stranded in Himachal Pradesh on Monday after flash floods and landslides blocked the roads in many parts of the state.

Malayalam superstar Manju Warrier and her film crew were among those stranded in Himachal Pradesh as flash floods and landslides blocked roads in many parts of the state. Three days of heavy rain led to snapping of several key road links. They have been rescued and are being moved to safety, the Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister said.

Heavy rain pummelled several parts of North India on Sunday, leaving at least 28 people dead and 22 missing in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Punjab. A flood alert was issued in parts of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh as the Yamuna and other rivers neared the danger mark. In southern India, the number of deaths in flood-ravaged Kerala ...

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

Heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh today claimed eight lives and hundreds, including school students, were stranded in the state as incessant rainfall for the third straight day triggered landslides and snapped over 200 road links, officials said.

The hills of Himachal Pradesh continued to experience moderate to heavy rains on Wednesday and all the major rivers and their tributaries were in spate, officials said. There could be heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places in the state till Thursday, the Met office warned.

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...