Himachal gets highest-ever rain in 24 hours; 22 dead
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Himachal gets highest-ever rain in 24 hours; 22 dead
Tribune News Service
Shimla/Solan, August 18'2019
At least 22 people were killed and 12 others injured in rain-related incidents in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, officials said. An official said the total loss to the state property amounted to Rs 490 crore.
All educational institutions in Shimla, Solan and Kullu districts will remain closed on Monday as heavy to extremely heavy rain continue to lash the state, district officials said.
Officials said teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) had been called in Kangra's Nurpur and Solan's Nalagarh subdivisions to meet any eventuality.
The Indian Meteorological Department in Shimla said the state received the highest-ever rainfall for a 24-hour period, since records began almost 70 years ago.
"The state as a whole received 102.5 mm and this was 1,065 per cent more than normal for this day," IMD said in a statement. This is the highest ever rainfall in 24 hours over the state, it said.
Earlier, the highest rainfall in a day was recorded on August 14, 2011, and that was 74 mm. ....
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/himachal-gets-highest-ever-rain-in-24-hours-22-dead/819283.html
Himachal Pradesh: Flash flood washes away vehicles in Mandi
Shimla/Solan, August 18'2019
At least 22 people were killed and 12 others injured in rain-related incidents in Himachal Pradesh on Sunday, officials said. An official said the total loss to the state property amounted to Rs 490 crore.
All educational institutions in Shimla, Solan and Kullu districts will remain closed on Monday as heavy to extremely heavy rain continue to lash the state, district officials said.
Officials said teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) had been called in Kangra's Nurpur and Solan's Nalagarh subdivisions to meet any eventuality.
The Indian Meteorological Department in Shimla said the state received the highest-ever rainfall for a 24-hour period, since records began almost 70 years ago.
"The state as a whole received 102.5 mm and this was 1,065 per cent more than normal for this day," IMD said in a statement. This is the highest ever rainfall in 24 hours over the state, it said.
Earlier, the highest rainfall in a day was recorded on August 14, 2011, and that was 74 mm. ....
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/himachal-gets-highest-ever-rain-in-24-hours-22-dead/819283.html
Himachal Pradesh: Flash flood washes away vehicles in Mandi
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