Overview

• Official toll stands at 63 dead with 40 people still unaccounted for following an early monsoon onset on June 20.
• Over ₹400 crore in damages have been recorded as landslides and floods have disrupted 261 roads and damaged hundreds of transformers and water supply schemes.
• National and state disaster forces, including the NDRF and SDRF, are conducting ongoing search and rescue missions in worst-hit districts such as Mandi.
• The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rains through July 9, warning of continued flood and landslide risks.
• Himachal Pradesh plans to train one percent of its population in civil defence to bolster community preparedness for future extreme weather events.