INDIA – Monsoon rains in northern India have left at least 69 dead and 31 others missing according to a statement released on Friday by the Himachal Pradesh state authorities.
In a statement, the state’s Emergency Operations Centre said that in the monsoon rain season, 43 people died due to multiple reasons, including flash floods, landslides and cloudbursts. Twenty-six people died due to road accidents in the ongoing monsoon seasons, it added.
The statement said that 110 people have been injured.
The rainy monsoon season typically lasts from June to September in Pakistan and India.
Himachal Pradesh state, since mid-June, has witnessed heavy rainfall, triggering multiple cloudbursts and flash floods.
State’s Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said relief efforts are underway in parts of the state.