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Himachal Rain Havoc: 7 feared dead as cloudburst hits Manikaran Valley

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Himachal Rain Havoc: 7 feared dead as cloudburst hits Manikaran Valley
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Kullu (Himachal Pradesh) , July 6: At least seven people were feared dead in separate incidents triggered by heavy rains and flash floods in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district on Wednesday.
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The flash floods caused by a cloud burst that wreaked havoc at Choj nullah in Parvati Valley of Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district at Wednesday morning. Cloudburst-in-Manikaran-Valley-washes-away-camping-site-5 Also Read: Netflix ‘Stranger Things 4’ crosses one billion viewing hours The incident has caused considerable damage to the properties and also destroyed the only bridge that leads to the village. "Flash flood hits Manikaran valley of Kullu district due to heavy rainfall, dozens of houses and camping sites damaged in Choj village," said Kullu Superintendent of Police Gurdev Sharma.
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Cloudburst-in-Manikaran-Valley-washes-away-camping-site-3 Another landslide occurred on Kasol-Jaimala Road," added State Emergency Operation Centre in its bulletin. At Malana Project & II Tehsil Bhuntar of Kullu, a building of the Project has been damaged. In the incident, 25 to 30 employees were stuck in the building. They have been rescued. The SDM Kullu, police and fire team carried out the rescue operation. Cloudburst-in-Manikaran-Valley-washes-away-camping-site-4 Also Read | Jouramajra is new Punjab Health Minister as Bhagwant Mann allots portfolios to new Cabinet ministers The Weather Department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning likely at isolated places over plains, low and mid-hills of the state while thunderstorms and lightning over high hills of the state for Wednesday. -PTC News  -
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