2 killed, over 40 missing as cloudbursts hit India's Himachal Pradesh
At least two people were killed and over 40 others went missing Thursday after cloudbursts hit India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh, officials said, Xinhua reports.
Authorities have rushed civilian officials, police and disaster response force personnel to trace the missing and carry out rescue efforts.
On Tuesday, multiple landslides hit the southern Indian state of Kerala's Wayanad district causing large-scale destruction to life and property.
According to India's state-run broadcaster All India Radio, the death toll in the landslide-affected region has risen to 250.
As earlier reported, many people were killed or injured, while some others went missing in rain-related incidents like cloudbursts and house or wall collapse, at different places in India, particularly the northern states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
Rains continued to play havoc in these areas for over 24 hours, even as over 100 millimeters of rain was recorded at many places in Delhi and nearby areas.
Roads and bridges were washed away at several places, particularly in the hilly states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, while air and rail traffic was adversely affected at other places due to incessant rains.
In Delhi, several areas remained inundated on Thursday after heavy rain on Wednesday evening. The India Meteorological Department sounded an alert for more rain during the day. Two persons had died in rain-related incidents in the Indian capital on the night intervening Wednesday-Thursday.
Triggered by heavy rain, a couple of incidents of wall collapse were reported from the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, though no human casualties were reported
