India, Sept. 16 -- Two people were missing, and some shops were washed away after a cloudburst triggered heavy rainfall in Dehradun's Sahastradhara area in the early hours of Tuesday, prompting the authorities to activate all departments linked to the Incident Response System (IRS). A portion of the road was washed out in Maldevta; the Dehradun-Mussoorie road was among the routes hit, and rising water levels were reported from across the city.

District magistrate Savin Bansal said that rescuers have been dispatched. "Teams from the National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, and Public Works Department (PWD) are engaged in the rescue operation," he said. "Some shops were washed away, and two people are missing. Searc...