Two people died and five were critically injured after a house collapsed amid heavy rains in the Helang area of Joshimath town in Uttarakhand late on Tuesday night and the early hours of Wednesday. A 50 metre stretch of the Badrinath National Highway — an all-weather road — was washed away in a landslide that left hundreds of people stranded on both sides, as the rains continued to batter the hill States.
Since the monsoon started on June 15, at least 327 people have died in rain-related incidents in Himachal Pradesh, and 38 people are missing. In Uttarakhand, at least 74 people have died over the same period, while 19 people are missing.
