Heavy rains and cloudburst at many palaces in Uttarakhand has thrown normal life out in the state and meteorological department has predicted more thunder showers in coming days.
over 50 people have gone missing after a cloud burst in Rambada, officials said. The worst hit areas include Rudraprayag and Uttarkashi where the river Mandakini is in spate.

In Uttarakhand, nearly 26 people have died and over 50 are missing after record downpours and floods washed away buildings and roads.

More than a dozen people died in the state's Rudraprayag district alone, while another 50 people were missing, said Amit Negi, an official in Uttarakhand.

Vehicles were seen being washed away; a landslide buried a bus, killing three people in Almora district.

More than 20,000 pilgrims are stranded along a mountain pass leading to the religious site of Kedarnath. Air Force sent in helicopters to help with evacuation after roads to the pilgrimage spot were blocked by landslides.

Army and paramilitary troops were leading efforts to rescue scores of people from the rooftops of their flooded homes. The state government was readying food parcels and drinking water pouches to be air dropped to villages cut off after roads were washed away.

The Ganga is flowing above the danger mark in places like Haridwar and Rishikesh. 'The situation is very grim. The meteorological office has predicted that the r.