Uttarakhand, HP Rivers In Spate, Cause Mass Destruction

Rains in the northern states claimed at least 38 lives and triggered landslides that left hundreds of people in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh stranded and several areas in Punjab, Haryana and Jammu flooded. Indian Air Force helicopters carried dramatic rescue operations in Jammu and Karnal districts on Monday, and the administration was on alert in parts of Haryana and Punjab.Although the rainfall had subsided across the region on Monday, rivers in several parts of the region were in spate on Monday.