Cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh

The entire village had been washed away…

The cloudburst in Himachal Pradesh has brought devastating destruction. The entire village was obliterated.

Anita Devi from the village of Samej shared her heart-wrenching story. She explained the severity of the calamity.

On Wednesday night, Anita Devi, a resident of Samej village, said that a loud bang shook their house while she and her family were asleep.

She added, "When we looked outside, the entire village had been washed away. We fled to the village's Bhagwati Kali Mata temple and spent the entire night there." Her voice trembled with emotion as she spoke.

Another one was Bakhshi Ram, an elderly resident of Samej village, who shared his grief.

With a heavy heart, he said, "My family members, around 14 to 15 people, were swept away in the flood. I received news of the flood at 2 am and was in Rampur then, so I survived.

When I arrived here at 4 am, everything was finished. Now, I am searching for my loved ones, hoping that someone is still alive."

A total of 53 people are still missing and six bodies were recovered so far as of Saturday after a cloudburst.

Flash floods wreaked widespread destruction in the Kullu, Mandi, and Shimla regions of Himachal Pradesh, as per the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA).

Special Secretary DC Rana of the DDMA said that over sixty houses were washed away and several villages have been affected by the floods.