Nine die as fresh cloudbursts hit U'khand

Nine people were killed and five others injured as several houses caved in following a series of cloudbursts in different areas of Uttarakhand’s Rudraprayag district, taking the death toll since Friday to 47, on Sunday.

Cloudbursts struck four villages, including Kirorimalla, Timli Badma, Dugur Shemla and Simbal on Sunday morning, in which nine people died and five others were injured, Executive Director of Disaster Management and Mitigation Department (DMMD) Piyush Rautela said.

With these deaths, the toll in Rudraprayag district in the last two days went up to 47. Five people were injured and 23 others still missing, Rautela said.