No respite in sight: Fresh rains leave trail of destruction in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand
Fresh heavy showers overnight ravaged the Himalayan states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, already bruised by a string of deadly natural calamities over the past couple of months.
In Uttarakhand, the cloudbursts and heavy rains left 15 people dead, 16 missing, and more than 900 stranded in different locations, while in Himachal Pradesh, three members of a family were killed as rains triggered massive landslides and flash floods.
Search for the missing continued amid inclement weather while NDRF, SDRF and fire brigade personnel brought most of the stranded people to safety, Uttarakhand’s State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said.
-PTI
