Around 25 to 30 people were rescued after a severe storm damaged floating hutments near Dobra-Chanti in Uttarakhand’s Tehri Garhwal, officials said. The SDRF received the alert through the Disaster Control Room and an SDRF team from the Koti Colony post, led by Sub-Inspector Narendra Rana, rushed to the site with rescue equipment.
Four school teachers were killed in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh after a massive pine tree uprooted in a severe storm and crashed onto their moving vehicle in the Ani subdivision. Police said strong winds during the storm directly felled the tree, leaving the victims dead on the spot. The incident highlights the dangers of extreme weather in hilly areas.
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