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Cloudbursts Pound Dehradun, With 18 Reported Dead Across Uttarakhand and Himachal

Meteorologists attribute the extreme rain to a clash of dry westerlies with moisture-laden easterlies.

Overview

  • Dehradun authorities confirmed 13 deaths, 13 missing and three injured as SDRF and NDRF teams rescued about 900 people and continued search operations.
  • Raging rivers damaged infrastructure across Dehradun, with officials reporting 13 bridges and 10 culverts washed out and key stretches of the DehradunMussoorie road breached.
  • Rescuers searched for multiple people swept away when a tractor-trolley plunged into the swollen Asan/Tons river, with several bodies recovered.
  • Access to Mussoorie was cut from multiple routes after landslides and washouts, leaving an estimated 3,000–4,000 tourists temporarily stranded, according to the local hotels association.
  • Himachal Pradesh reported a cumulative monsoon toll of 417 and three fresh deaths in a Mandi landslide, as Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu sought a special relief package and said only ₹400 crore of the ₹1,500 crore PDNA amount had reached the state.