12 die as heavy rains lash Delhi, other parts of northern India
New Delhi: Emergency workers rescued nearly 1,000 people who were stranded in different parts of the Himalayas following torrential rainfall in northern India, which caused widespread damage and left at least 12 people dead, the officials said.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the Indian capital received intense rainfall, totaling 147 millimeters in eastern parts of the city and its suburbs, the Meteorological Department said.
The local media said that at least seven people died in Delhi, three people died and parts of two bridges washed away after a cloudburst — a massive amount of rain in a brief period — in Uttarakhand state, officials said, and bad weather was hampering communications in the hilly terrain.
Rescue workers saved over 1,000 people who were stranded in different locations on the Kedarnath route — a trek to a Hindu pilgrimage site — and a patch of the national highway was washed out, district official Saurabh Gaharwar said.
Delhi has experienced a series of extreme weather events in the past few months, from scorching temperatures to floods and rainfall that caused a roof collapse at the city’s airport.
