Vehicles trapped in flood water due to heavy rain after a cloudburst at McLeodganj near Dharamshala on Monday (PTI)
SHIMLA/MANALI: Incessant heavy rainfall since Sunday night wreaked havoc across Himachal Pradesh as national and state highways were blocked due to landslides and flash floods in nullahs damaged houses and swept vehicles away.
Kangra district suffered the worst damage: a nine-year-old girl was missing after being swept away by a gushing nullah at Chahdi village in Nagrota sub-division, and another 12 people were missing in Boh valley, Shahpur sub-division. At Bhagsunag, near Dharamshala, several vehicles were washed away by water that roared out of an overflowing local nullah.