2023-08-16 07:59:32
MADRID, 16 Ago. (EUROPA PRESS) –
More than a hundred people have died from heavy rains in the Indian states of Uttarajand (52 deaths) and Himachal Pradesh (60 deaths), in the north of the country, which have caused downpours, landslides and roadblocks.
The Himachal Pradesh authorities have had to evacuate more than 800 people who lived in low-lying areas due to the danger of flooding, according to the Hindustan Times newspaper.
Both evacuation and rescue operations are still underway due to thunderstorms that could continue for the next five days, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The rains, which have increased by 157 percent in the last four days, have taken place due to a monsoon trough, an area of low atmospheric pressure that moves away from the Earth’s equator and has already begun to move south, according to the Department Indian Meteorological.
The monsoon trough, an elongated area of low pressure that was north of its normal position, bringing heavy rains over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarajand, began to gradually move south, IMD said on Tuesday.
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