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Incessant rains and landslides killed 66 people in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand as operations continued to rescue the injured and pull out bodies from debris due to house collapses in several places...
Most of the deaths occurred in Himachal Pradesh, where 60 people have died since the heavy rains began on August 13, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said...
A total of 19 bodies have been recovered since Monday, 12 at the Shiva temple site in Summer Hill, five at Fagli and two in Krishnanagar, he said, adding more than 10 people are still feared trapped at the Shiva temple, which collapsed on Monday.. All the schools and colleges in the state would remain closed on Wednesday due to inclement weather, an order issued by the education department said...
The state has been receiving heavy rains since Monday.. A body of a woman, who went missing after water from a swollen river Pawar entered villages in Uttarkashi district's Arakot area, was found on Tuesday, the disaster control room in Dehradun said..
Three people were rescued and a few others are feared trapped under debris after a building collapsed on Tuesday at Helang near subsidence-hit Joshimath in Chamoli district, officials said.. Additional Information Officer of the district Ravindra Negi said those rescued were rushed to a hospital while State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel were trying to safely bring out the others trapped in the building...
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