Himachal Pradesh Cloudburst: Five Dead, Sixteen Missing After Multiple Flash Floods

Himachal Cloudburst: With the monsoon active across most of the country, three days of incessant rain in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand have led to a critical situation. Four cloudbursts in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, have caused widespread devastation. Five people have died and sixteen are missing due to floods and landslides. Streams are overflowing in Mandi, and a landslide has blocked the Manali-Mandi four-lane highway at the tunnel entrance. In Uttarakhand, a landslide near Satpuli on the Kotdwar-Badrinath route has closed the Pauri-Meerut National Highway. The Yamunotri Highway in Uttarkashi is also closed. Meanwhile, Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh is experiencing flood-like conditions on the Ganga and Yamuna rivers, and Alwar in Rajasthan has seen roads submerged under two feet of water.