25 dead in HP, Punjab; eight missing in U'khand

Shimla/Dehradun: Heavy rains lashed northern parts, leaving at least 25 people dead in Himachal Pradesh & Punjab and eight missing after cloudburst in Uttarakhand, while a flood alert was sounded in Delhi, Haryana and Punjab as the Yamuna and other rivers were in spate.

Given heavy discharge being released in the rivers in Haryana, the state's Revenue and Disaster Management Department has requested to direct the concerned Army officials to be on stand by.

In southern India, the death toll in flood-ravaged Kerala climbed to 116 with the retrieval of more bodies.

Extremely heavy rains were observed at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.

In Uttarakhand, at least eight people were missing and several others injured in heavy rains at various places, State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) said.

Cloudbursts in Mori block of Uttarkashi district wreaked havoc in several villages, damaging several houses in Arakot, Makuri and Tikochi villages. A woman was also washed away in Dehradun district when her car fell into a seasonal river, they said.

Heavy rains remained unabated in Himachal Pradesh, leaving at least 22 people, including two Nepalese, dead and nine others injured in rain-related incidents in the state.

Nine people died in Shimla, five in Solan, two each in Kullu, Sirmaur, Solan and Chamba and one each in Una and Lahaul-Spiti districts. Landslides hit a spot near the RTO office here, leaving three people dead. One person sustained injuries in the incident. Due to heavy rains, district officials in the state have ordered the closure of all educational institutions in Shimla and Kullu on Monday.

Heavy rains remained unabated in Haryana and Punjab on Sunday causing floods in some parts, while authorities sounded a high alert in the two states.

Following heavy rains in Aol village of Punjab, three members of a family were killed when the roof of their house collapsed.

Eleven people, including four women, have been rescued after they got stuck when the overflowing water of Beas river flooded their village in Punjab's Gurdaspur district.

In Rajasthan, water has started receding and there was no flood-like situation anywhere in the state. An official said forty-nine people have died in rain-related incidents in the state since June 15 and 500 people have been evacuated from the rain-affected areas.