Shimla, July 10 -- The monsoon fury continues to batter Himachal Pradesh, taking the death toll to 91, with 30 people still missing and 131 injured, as per the latest report by the State Emergency Operation Centre.
Six more bodies were recovered in the past 24 hours, while stories of resilience and heroism emerged from the heart of disaster-hit villages.
In the terrifying night of June 30, when cloudbursts and flash floods struck Syathi village in Dharampur, it wasn't a siren or a phone alert that saved lives - it was a dog's frantic bark. "We were all asleep when our dog started barking wildly," recalled Lalit Kumar, a resident. On investigating, he found cracks in the ground and a fast-rising stream of water near his house. He rushed h...