At least 29 people have been killed, while dozens are feared trapped or missing due to landslides triggered by torrential rains in the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh,
Independent reports.
A Hindu temple in Shimla collapsed killing at least nine people and another seven were found dead following a cloudburst in Solan district.
Television footage and videos on social media showed houses flattened by landslide, buses and cars hanging on the edge of precipices after roads gave way, and hundreds of people at rescue sites as emergency workers struggled to clear the debris.
"Again, tragedy has befallen Himachal Pradesh, with continuous rainfall over the past 48 hours," the state's chief minister, Sukhvinder Singh, said in a post on the messaging platform X, formerly known as Twitter.
"Reports of cloudbursts and landslides have emerged from various parts of the state resulting in loss of precious lives and property," the chief minister added while urging people to stay inside their houses and away from rivers and landslide-prone areas.
