As per data from the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA), 55 people have been missing since August 1, including 33 people from Samej and the Bagipul area of the Shimla and Kullu districts.
Owing to heavy rain, multiple cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides have hit several states of the country including Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Kerala during the last few days.
Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Thursday that cloudbursts occurred in Mandi, Shimla and Kullu districts today after which around 50 people are missing and two bodies have been recovered.
As many as 19 people were missing as an incident of cloudburst occurred at the Samej Khad area in the Rampur region of Shimla district, as confirmed by Deputy Commissioner of Shimla district administration Anupam Kashyap.
A spokesperson from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) said that after receiving information about three people missing due to a cloudburst last night at Jakhanyali in the Ghansali area of Tehri the SDRF team searched the area.
Responding to Union Home Minister Amit Shah's claim that the State did not heed the timely weather warnings given to it CM Vijayan said it was not a time for blame game.
Two people have reportedly gone missing after being detained by Pakistani forces in the Kohlu and Kahan areas of Balochistan, reported the Balochistan Post.
Six people went missing as a trawler capsized after colliding with a bulkhead in the Meghna River near Gajaria ghat in the Munshiganj district of Bangladesh, reported Dhaka Tribune.
The UAE team of Disaster Victim Identification (DVI), currently on Libyan soil as part of their ongoing humanitarian mission, have helped locate 181 people missing as a result of the cyclone disaster that struck the city of Derna. This has been achieved through tireless work on the city's co
According to Sikkim District Magistrate, Tashi Chopel, "A lot of buildings and vehicles have been damaged by sludge. There are also reports of loss of lives, with around 20 people missing. We are also hearing about 23 casualties in the army, which needs to be confirmed with them. 3000-400
"So far the total number of human losses since June 24 number is 88, and the total number of people missing is 16 (Road Accident-5, Drowning-6, Flash Flood-2, Landslide-02, Slippage-01)," HSDMA said.
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) approved a resolution to establish an independent body to ascertain what happened to over 1,30,000 missing people, as a result of the conflict in Syria, reported Al Jazeera.