Himachal flash floods: Toll mounts to 15 as two more bodies recovered, 40 still missing
Hindustan TimesThe death toll due to flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in three districts of Himachal Pradesh increased to 15 on Monday while about 40 people are still missing, officials said. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} A team of the National Disaster Response Force retrieved two more bodies on Monday from the Sunni tehsil in Shimla district as rescue and relief operations in the state’s flood-hit areas entered the fifth day. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Read Here: Heavy rain threatens flood-like situation in Pune “All the five bodies recovered from Samej are yet to be identified and we have taken DNA samples of 37 relatives of the missing persons,” said Shimla deputy commissioner Anupam Kashyap. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} 87 roads closed Meanwhile, flash floods and landslides triggered by days of heavy rains led to the closure of 87 roads in different parts of Himachal Pradesh, the state emergency operation centre said on Monday.