Himachal Pradesh, India
24 August 2023
A landslide in north Indian mountains has destroyed several buildings, the latest in a string of disasters in the Himalayas that have killed scores of people.
No one was hurt in Thursday’s landslide in the Kullu region of Himachal Pradesh state as residents had been moved out of the area because it was deemed unsafe, officials said.
“A total of eight buildings were fully damaged and two others partially damaged,” said state disaster management official Praveen Bhardwaj.
Landslides in Himachal Pradesh have killed more than 50 people this month, with houses flattened and buses and cars hanging on the edge of precipices after roads gave way.
According to the state’s disaster management authority, at least 361 people have died and 342 others injured since June due to cloudbursts, landslides, floods and other climate-related accidents. Some 40 people are still missing, according to media reports.
Source
Some sources reported that construction workers were in some of the buildings but that has turned out to be untrue: buildings were under construction but officials halted that a few days before this.
Vid (two combined):
24 August 2023
A landslide in north Indian mountains has destroyed several buildings, the latest in a string of disasters in the Himalayas that have killed scores of people.
No one was hurt in Thursday’s landslide in the Kullu region of Himachal Pradesh state as residents had been moved out of the area because it was deemed unsafe, officials said.
“A total of eight buildings were fully damaged and two others partially damaged,” said state disaster management official Praveen Bhardwaj.
Landslides in Himachal Pradesh have killed more than 50 people this month, with houses flattened and buses and cars hanging on the edge of precipices after roads gave way.
According to the state’s disaster management authority, at least 361 people have died and 342 others injured since June due to cloudbursts, landslides, floods and other climate-related accidents. Some 40 people are still missing, according to media reports.
Source
Some sources reported that construction workers were in some of the buildings but that has turned out to be untrue: buildings were under construction but officials halted that a few days before this.
Vid (two combined):
