Rescuers deployed drones in a massive effort to trace about 45 people still missing in flash floods in three Himachal Pradesh districts as the death toll rose to eight, officials said on Friday.
Two bodies were found in Mandi’s Rajban village and one from Kullu’s Nirmand after three cloudbursts in three districts — Kullu, Mandi and Shimla — on Wednesday night triggered the flash floods.
Over 190 roads were closed in the state, where continuous rainfall has affected most parts of the state in the past four days, even as the local weather office issued a ‘yellow’ alert of heavy rains till August 7.