Himachal Pradesh: Rains damage houses, hit cattle in flash floods
What's the story
As many as fifteen houses were damaged and twelve heads of cattle, including three cows, perished in flash floods caused by a cloudburst which wrecked havoc in Jajehar Village last night near Shimla in Himachal Pradesh, officials said.
Two houses were completely destroyed while 13 others have suffered extensive damage but there was no loss of life, police said.
Prediction
MeT office has warned of more rains and thunderstorm
Prem Prakash Sharma, president of the village panchayat, said the houses of Roop Singh and Kalawati were totally destroyed and 13 other houses were badly damaged and declared unsafe.
The local Meteorological office has warned of thunderstorm and hailstorm in mid and lower hills tomorrow and predicted rains, thunderstorm, and snow in lower, mid and higher hills over next three days.
Temperature
Widespread rain lowered the temperatures in the region
The region experienced widespread rains, lowering the day temperatures.
Dharampur was wettest in the region with 37 mm, while Shimla, Kandaghat, and Kotkhai received 27 mm, 26 mm, and 25mm rains, respectively.
Day temperatures dropped marginally and Una was hottest with a high of 32.4 degrees Celsius, while Sundernagar recorded 29.3 degrees Celsius, and Bhuntar received 27.5 degrees Celsius, followed by Dharamsala (27.4).
Coldest region
Keylong was coldest in the region
There was no significant change in minimum temperatures.
Keylong was coldest in the region with a low of 3 degrees Celsius, while Kalpa and Manali recorded minimum temperatures at 5.6 and 6.6 degrees Celsius, respectively.
It was followed by Shimla at 8.9 degrees Celsius, Dharamsala (9.6), Nahan (11.5), Solan (12), Bhuntar (13.5), Bhuntar (13.5), Sundernagar (15.4) and Una (16.5).