Shimla, Sept. 20 -- The monsoon season in Himachal Pradesh has left behind a grim toll of destruction, with 430 people losing their lives between June 20 and September 20 this year, according to the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA).

Of the total deaths, 245 were rain-related fatalities triggered by landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, drowning, electrocution, and other weather-linked causes. Additionally, 185 people died in road accidents during the same period, the SDMA report said.

The disaster body reported that 487 people were injured, while 46 remain missing. The monsoon also wreaked havoc on livestock, with over 29,000 animal deaths, including poultry, and damaged nearly 7,160 houses fully and 11,309 partially across t...