Overview

• Multi-agency teams are working through the night to clear debris, with four JCB machines deployed and breakers on standby.
• The weather department has warned of more intense rain over the next 16–18 hours in parts of Himachal Pradesh, raising the risk of further slides.
• Two adjacent houses were evacuated as a precaution, one sustained partial damage, and all schools in the Sundernagar subdivision are closed on Wednesday.
• Officials reported that five victims were from two families in the buried homes, and a passerby on a scooter also died; teams recovered the scooter and parts of another vehicle.
• Search efforts continue for additional missing people, including two believed to be in one house and the driver of an SUV last reported at the site.