While speaking to ANI, State Disaster Management Authority Director Sudesh Kumar Mokhta said, “So far, 211 people and 438 animals have died in incidents related to rain, cloudburst, and landslide in Himachal Pradesh during this monsoon season.”
“109 houses are fully damaged. Estimated loss worth Rs 632 crores has occurred”, said SDMA Director SK Mokhta. This development comes hours after various incidents of floods, landslides following heavy rainfall were reported in the State.
On Friday, the Delhi administration had sounded a flood alert and expedited efforts to evacuate people from vulnerable areas, as the river in the capital breached the danger mark of 205.33 meters amid heavy rains in the upper catchment areas. The water level was recorded at 205.30 meters at the Old Railway Bridge at 9 am.
The increasing intensity of severe cyclonic storms with major socioeconomic implications was due to atmospheric parameters like higher relative humidity, especially at mid-atmospheric level, weak vertical wind shear as well as warm sea surface temperature (SST).
This indicates the role of global warming in bringing about this increasing trend, the study suggests.
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