The Guptkashi-Gaurikund highway leading to Kedarnath Dham has been completely blocked for traffic due to falling rocks and debris from the top hill near Tarsali under Chowki Phata, said officials, adding that here, about 60 meters of the road has been badly damaged and washed away.
A man was rescued by Uttarakhand's State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) after being trapped between two streams of a river due to a landslide in the Tarsali area of Rudraprayag district.
At around 2:35 am to 2:40 am, due to rains, Shimla National Highway 5, between Thambu Mod and Chakki Mod, has been closed due to landslides from the hill, officials said.
At least one person died and another went missing after tropical Storm Typhoon Khanun hit the southeastern city of South Korea's Daegu on Thursday amid the heavy rain.
The yatra was temporarily halted due to landslides that occurred along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which connects the starting point of the pilgrimage in Jammu to its destination in Srinagar.
HP traffic, tourist and railway police tweeted, “A massive landslide occurred near Parala Mandi, under the Tehsil of Theog, resulting in a complete blockade of traffic in the area.”
The annual pilgrimage to the holy cave shrine of Shri Amarnath from Jammu to Srinagar was suspended on Wednesday due to a landslide on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, officials said.
Over 200,000 people have been marooned as the flood situation in Cox's Bazar has worsened due to incessant rains and upstream hill slopes, according to Dhaka Tribune.
Following the continuous rain for over a week, members of the Bangladesh Army have been deployed in Chittagong and Bandarban on Tuesday to handle the flood situation and landslides in the districts, reported Dhaka Tribune.
As per the District Police Makwanpur, a woman succumbed after she was pulled alive from the debris while six of her family members have gone missing in Sigre of Bagmati Rural Municipality of the district.