After the landslide and the Himachal tornado killed 21 people, flash floods swept away 7 people
In the third heavy rain-related tragedy in less than 24 hours in Himachal Pradesh, flash floods killed seven people. Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu shared a video clip from Sambal village in Mandi district, saying active rescue, search and rescue operations are currently underway in response to “this horrifying situation”. Twenty-one people have been killed in the past two days in incidents involving unrelenting rain in the Hills state.
Disturbing images have emerged from Sambhal, Pandoh – Mandi District, where seven people were reportedly swept away by flash floods today.
Active rescue, search and rescue operations are currently underway in response to this dire situation,” he wrote on Twitter. The video shows the water pouring downhill with great force and the person behind the camera can be heard repeatedly saying “oh my God” in a distressed tone.
Earlier, 16 people were killed in two separate incidents involving heavy rain. Seven people were killed after downpours in Solan district last night, while nine others were killed in a landslide at a Shiv temple in the Summer Hill area of Shimla city.
Union Home Affairs Minister Amit Shah said National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams were taking part in rescue and relief operations during heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh, calling the damage about people due to the cataclysm was “extremely distressing”.
