INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Torrential rain across northern India has killed at least 22 people, as well as causing landslides and flash floods in the region,
authorities and local media said on Monday.Schools in New Delhi were closed after heavy rains lashed the national capital over the weekend,
and authorities in the Himalayan states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand asked people not to venture out of their homes unless
necessary.At least 22 people died in floods and landslides in the northern states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and
Kashmir and Punjab on Sunday, the Times of India newspaper reported.In the northern state of Himachal Pradesh, flash floods over the weekend
brought down a bridge and swept away several hutments
Authorities used helicopters to rescue people stranded on roads and bridges because of the rain, footage from Reuters partner ANI
showed.Streets across the northern states, including in Punjab, Delhi and Uttarakhand were flooded
In some areas, rescue personnel used rubber rafts to rescue people stranded inside their homes, local media said.&Please stay inside your
homes because more heavy rain is expected in the next 24 hours,& Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said in an appeal on
social media late on Sunday, Reuters reported.Many districts in Himachal Pradesh received a month&s rainfall in a day at the weekend, said a
senior weather department official.Delhi, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh have received 112%, 100% and 70% more rainfall than average so far in
the current monsoon season that started on June 1, according to the department.The post Torrential rain, floods kill 22 across northern
India first appeared on Ariana News.
