Monsoon LIVE: A week after the devastating flash floods in the Himalayan region, Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi reported a fresh incident of a cloudburst. News agency ANI reports that three people have died due to cloudburst. The latest reports say that the cloudburst was reported from Uttarkashi’s Mando village late last night. Rescue efforts are on to see if anyone is trapped under the rubble or not. Last week, Himachal’s Dharamshala, Kangra and other regions had also reported flash floods after a heavy downpour.
Meanwhile, in the Northern Plain areas, the National Capital Region woke up to thundershower. The forecast says that the coming days will see more rains in the areas of Ghaziabad, Noida, Gurgaon etc. In Maharashtra’s Thane and Palghar, rescuers are still looking for survivors of the wall collapse. A PTI report says that a toddler was drowned in a drain Thane’s Ullhasnagar after flooding. The rain intensity in Mumbai, however, has now reduced, providing relief to the people of the city, as 30 people have died in the downpour. Local train as well as transport services have also now returned to normal.
Delhi-NCR has been witnessing severe waterlogging, to the extent that a bus heading to Faridabad got stuck in Prahladpur.
Things, however, are not easing up for Uttarakhand as a cloudburst has hit Bhilangana block in Tehri Garhwal, leaving 4-5 houses damaged, according to ANI report.
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