Red alert for extremely heavy rains in six Himachal districts

The met department has sounded a red alert for very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in Una, Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Kangra, Mandi and Sirmaur districts. An orange alert of heavy to very heavy rainfall at few places over Chamba, Kullu and Shimla and heavy rainfall very likely at few places over Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti districts. While heavy rainfall is predicted at few places over Solan district.

From water entering the houses to vehicles being buried under debris and landslides leading to blocking of the roads, including national highway, Himachal had seen large-scale destruction owing to widespread rains that lashed different parts of state though so far no loss of life was reported.

Owing to continuous rain in state capital Shimla, an electric pole fell on a car on Lift-Sanjauli road near Hotel Holiday Home, snapping the power supply to many areas of the city while two cars were buried under the debris after landslide at Devnagar in Vikas Nagar in Shimla on Sunday.