Monsoon havoc News
Himachal Pradesh continued to reel under severe monsoon impact with 116 deaths reported and over 230 roads still blocked.
Devastating monsoon rains in Pakistan have killed 63 in Punjab in 24 hours, raising the national death toll to 159. Chakwal is hit hardest by flash floods, prompting Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz to declare a rain emergency.
A viral video revealed the devastating impact of Gurugram's monsoon rains, with upscale homes submerged and property destroyed. The incident has sparked outrage, highlighting critical flaws in the city's drainage.
Along with the business of Shilpakar, temples, paddy fields and houses around the ancient city of Bhaktapur submerged in the water after heavy downpours in early Friday morning.
As many as 51 people have already lost their lives in less than a month since the start of the monsoon.
Floods have forced more than four million people to leave their homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and killed more than 100 people as torrential rains in the initial days of monsoons wreaked havoc.
The poor Indian states of Assam and Bihar have been among the worst hit. Some 4.3 million people have been displaced from their homes in Assam in the last 10 days due to rising waters across the mostly rural northeastern region, according to a government release on Monday.
Television channels showed roads and railway lines in Bihar submerged, with people wading through chest-high, churning brown waters, carrying their belongings on their heads.
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