heavy rain leads to landslides in chamoli, 10 people missing, rescue on
Dehradun, Sept. 19 -- Ten people went missing in the early hours of Thursday after heavy rainfall triggered massive landslides in the villages of Kuntri Lagafali and Dhurma in the Nandanagar of Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. Two women and one child have been rescued, authorities said.
The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have launched rescue operations. Eight people are missing from Kuntri Lagafali and two from Dhurma village.
"At around 3 am, the Chamoli District Control Room received information about a cloudburst incident in Kuntri Lagafali, Kuntri Laga Sarpani, and Dhurma wards of Nagar Panchayat Nandanagar. According to initial reports, 27 to 30 houses and cowsheds have been damaged in the landslides," SDRF Commandant Arpan Yaduvanshi said....
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