North India reels under landslides, floods as heavy rains in Himachal, Bengal claim 9 lives; high-alert issued for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra, Telangana
FirstpostSeveral states across the country continue to grapple with heavy rainfall, with parts of Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, and Delhi witnessing ’extremely heavy’ rainfall over the weekend. Several states across the country continue to grapple with heavy rainfall, floods, and landslides, with parts of Himachal Pradesh, West Bengal, and Delhi witnessing ’extremely heavy’ rainfall over the weekend. Floods and landslides have occurred in many places across Himachal Pradesh, which saw ‘very heavy’ to ’extremely heavy’ rainfall over the Friday and Saturday, reports said. pic.twitter.com/pzFciPitdl — ANI August 18, 2019 On Saturday, flash floods following heavy rainfall hit the Kathua and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, where a man was feared drowned and 15 people, most of them belonging to a local nomadic community, were rescued on Saturday.