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In other areas of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the rains pounded hundreds of villages, swept away mud homes, inundated roads, and wrecked bridges. 

Digital Desk: Over the past three days, heavy monsoon rains in northern and eastern India have caused flash floods and landslides that have killed dozens of people and left many more missing. Over the past three days, at least 50 deaths have been reported in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Odisha, according to the news agency Reuters.

In other areas of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the rains pounded hundreds of villages, swept away mud homes, inundated roads, and wrecked bridges. The next two days are expected to see very severe to extremely heavy rain, according to the Indian Meteorological Department.

A top official told the media that five individuals who went missing after heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh were still unaccounted for on Sunday.


Over the past three days, heavy monsoon rains in northern and eastern India have caused flash floods and landslides that have killed dozens of people and left many more missing. Over the past three days, at least 50 deaths have been reported in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Odisha, according to the news agency Reuters.

1. In other areas of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the rains pounded hundreds of villages, swept away mud homes, inundated roads, and wrecked bridges. The next two days are expected to see very severe to extremely heavy rain, according to the Indian Meteorological Department.

2. A top official told the media that five individuals who went missing after heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh were still unaccounted for on Sunday.

3. There were at least six fatalities in Odisha as a result of the ongoing severe rains. In Odisha, thousands of people have been forced from their homes due to flooding, which has also damaged road infrastructure and cut off electricity and water supplies. 120,000 individuals have already been relocated from the impacted areas by the state.

4. Heavy rainfall brought on by a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal, followed by the release of floodwater from Jharkhand through the Galudih barrage, has caused the water levels in all the rivers in north Odisha to be in spate.

 

5. On Saturday, the flooded Nalkari river washed five persons away in the Ramgarh region of Jharkhand. According to Ramgarh district administrator Madhvi Mishra, four bodies have so far been found.

 

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