8 Feared Dead, 7 Missing In Flash Floods Triggered By Heavy Rain In Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh Rain Updates: State Disaster Management director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said four people are feared dead in Kullu district and one person is feared dead in Chamba. Three people were killed and seven are missing in Lahaul-Spiti.

At least eight people are feared dead and seven reported missing in flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, a senior disaster management official said today. State Disaster Management director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said four people are feared dead in Kullu district and one person is feared dead in Chamba. Three people were killed and seven are missing in Lahaul-Spiti. In Kullu, a 26-year-old woman, Poonam, and her four-year-old son Nikunj were swept away in Brahamganga, a tributary of the Parvati river, near Manikaran around 6:15 am on Wednesday due to a sudden surge in the water level, he said. Another woman and a man were also swept away in the flash floods, he added.