Overview
- A cloudburst on July 30 in Mandi swept away a family auto-rickshaw, killing Balbir Singh, Amarpreet Singh and his mother Sapna and injuring Darshan Singh, who is hospitalized.
- Floodwaters and debris have blocked the Mandi–Kullu stretch of NH-21 and inundated homes along the Skodi Khad, prompting large-scale road-clearance operations.
- Search and rescue teams are maintaining orange rainfall alerts, running relief camps for over two dozen displaced residents and clearing debris amid intermittent showers.
- The National Weather Service predicts 1.5 to 5 inches of rain through Friday across the Northeast and mid-Atlantic, with storm-training downpours likely to overwhelm urban drainage.
- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Acting New Jersey Gov. Tahesha Way have declared states of emergency, issued travel advisories and activated flash-flood emergency plans.