Flash Flood
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Cars are washed away by a flash flood at Bhagsunag, Himachal’s McLeodganj.
When a flash flood precipitated by overnight torrential rain stormed through Bhasunag hamlet near McLeodganj town of Dharamshala early on Monday, it carried away more than ten cars, the majority of which belonged to visitors. While the majority of the automobiles belonged to tourists, floodwater invaded houses and shops in Dharamshala’s Bagli neighborhood, which received…
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Flash floods kill 10 people in Bhutan, 7 missing in Nepal
Heavy rains prompted flash floods that washed away a remote mountain camp in Bhutan on Wednesday, killing ten people and wounding five others, while storms in neighboring Nepal left seven others missing, according to authorities. When the floodwaters hit soon after midnight, the Bhutanese villagers who had been collecting cordyceps, a fungus used in medicine,…