Shimla/ Dharamshala, Aug. 15 -- Two people lost their lives in two fatal boulder strikes in difference places in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday, said officials. In the first incident, a 20-year-old woman was killed after being hit by a boulder in the Rampur sub division of Shimla district, while a man went missing after being swept away in the Parvati river in the Manikaran area of Kullu district on Thursday as Himachal witnessed three cloudbursts, triggering floods and landslides. Mira Hamza, a resident of Taklech, was hit by a boulder rolling down a hill near Kholti Nala in Rampur and succumbed to her injuries at a private hospital, officials said, adding that a search was on for the unidentified man who fell into the swollen Parvati river at Chowki in Manikaran in the morning. In the second incident, a 41-year-old devotee died after being struck by a shooting stone during the Manimahesh Yatra in Chamba district of Himachal, officials said. The deceased, identified as Devinder, is a resident of Doda in Jammu and Kashmir. Officials said the stone hit him on the head and he was taken to the hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. The incident occurred on Thursday morning near Gui Nala, about 1 km from Hadsar, the starting point of the Yatra. Following the incident, the pilgrimage was temporarily halted. Chamba deputy commissioner Mukesh Repaswal said that heavy rainfall has triggered shooting stones and landslides along the Chamba-Bharmour highway. "Continuous rain has been falling on the Yatra route since Wednesday afternoon and the weather is expected to remain bad for the next two days. Keeping this in view, we have advised all devotees to remain where they are," hesaid while talking to media. "We have told devotees that it would be better to wait until the weather clears. Those already on the Manimahesh route have been stopped at our base camps like in Dhancho and Gauri Kund, and will be permitted to proceed once weather conditions improve," the DC added. Since the onset of the monsoon in Himachal on June 20, as many as 247 people have lost their lives so far. This includes 130 deaths due to rain-related incidents such as landslides, flash floods, cloudbursts, and drowning, while 117 people have died in road accidents. Around 2,300 houses have been either partially or completely damaged. The cumulative losses in the state during the monsoon season have so far amounted to around Rs.2,100 crore. Continuous heavy rainfall threw life out of gear in Himachal, with 472 roads, including two national highways, blocked. In Kullu district, 73 roads remain blocked, including a stretch of National Highway (NH-305) at Jhed (Khanag), which is shut due to a landslide. In Lahaul-Spiti district, a section of NH-505 also remains closed. Shimla district reported 99 blocked roads, while 66 roads were shut in Sirmaur district. The road leading to Indira Gandhi Medical College and Hospital (IGMC), Shimla, which was blocked earlier, was reopened after two hours. The landslide also damaged two vehicles. Trees got uprooted in several areas of Shimla city. Meanwhile, a private bus travelling from Dharampur to Hamirpur in Mandi district was caught in debris on the Dharampur-Sarkaghat road on Thursday. Around twenty passengers on the bus were evacuated by breaking the emergency door. Due to the cloudburst at Shrikhand hill, the Kurpan ravine was flooded and the Bagipul market was evacuated by the administration. Kutcha houses on the bank of the Tirthan river were damaged and vehicles washed away. Road connectivity to Ganvi, Kiao, Koot, Kinfi, Kutru, Suru, Roopni, Khanidhar, Kheuncha of three gram panchayats of Ganvi, Kiao and Koot in Rampur area of Shimla district was snapped. Sheds, shops and houses of 26 people in Ghanvi besides a police post and a store of the electricity department were damaged, the officialssaid. Danger looms large over Karpat village due to floods triggered by cloudbursts in the Karpat, Changut and Udgos Nala of the Mayad valley in Lahaul and Spiti district. Due to the cloudburst in the hills behind Khaltunala of Kotkhai in Shimla district around 3 am on Thursday, a flash flood was witnessed in which more than six vehicles and a part of a petrol pump got buried. In Kinnaur district, a flash flood at Hojo Nallah in Pooh swept away two campers, a Bolero, a JCB, a tipper, and a bailey bridge. The flash flood in Changreji Khadd and Tashigang washed away irrigation channels and pipelines critical for farmers. A cloudburst in Bathad tore through the area, sweeping away at least three houses and vehicles, while a flash flood at Kurpan Khad, Baghipul caused disruption but no major reported damage. Lahaul and Spiti reported multiple simultaneous incidents - flash floods near Jahalman, a cloudburst at Munni Nallah that blocked roads and damaged a bridge abutment, a flood near Khurik that halted traffic on National Highway-505, and separate floods at Dared Nallah and Shakoli Nallah that left link roads blocked. Sirmaur's Rajgarh region was hit by a landslide. The IMD Shimla office has predicted heavy rainfall spells to continue in parts of Himachal till August 20. Weather office has sounded a yellow alert of heavy rainfall in Kangra, Shimla, Solan and Sirmaur districts on August 15....