Shimla: The relentless downpour and surging rivers in Himachal Pradesh have unleashed a cascade of chaos, triggering perilous landslides. The plight of the populace is dire as their homes and livelihoods teeter on the precipice of destruction. Amid this catastrophe, social media platforms have become a canvas for the common people to unveil their distress.
Videos and images depicting the deluge and its aftermath evoke a chorus of concern and empathy from netizens. Heartfelt comments and reactions reveal the collective anguish and unity, transcending virtual barriers. The deluge’s unwavering ferocity and its toll on human lives underscore the urgent need for relief and rescue efforts.
Hordes of visuals of the nature wreaking havoc across the state of Himachal Pradesh are being posted across social media platforms. In a bid to save life and property people are trying their best to avoid any form of untoward incident that may result in an unfortunate outcome.
Users have posted visuals from Himachal Pradesh’s capital Shimla. Locals have been tweeting current situations alerting tourists to avoid visit to the state unless the intense weather conditions subside.
The situation in Shimla right now is unstable, do not travel to Himachal this time
Kindly spread this message pic.twitter.com/drvKjxqnKT
— Go Himachal (@GoHimachal_) August 14, 2023
Situation in Shimla right now
Please pray for Himachal 🙏 pic.twitter.com/NKSlTjN7BH
— Go Himachal (@GoHimachal_) August 14, 2023
Meanwhile, in a tragic scene that emerged from Himachal Pradesh’s Solan, a family of seven succumbed to the injuries after getting trapped inside their house that collpased.
Pray for this family 🙏
In Solan Himachal 7 members of a single family got buried due to a house collapse. pic.twitter.com/p8LPBN53sA
— Go Himachal (@GoHimachal_) August 14, 2023
In another video, massive parts of mountain in Himachal Pradesh’s Pandoh region gets washed away as an impact of landslides emerging from incessant downpour of rains.
Visual of Pandoh Himachal Pradesh right now pic.twitter.com/KQ2Tn9sz9B
— Go Himachal (@GoHimachal_) August 14, 2023
Gory visuals emerged from Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi where cloud burst and incessant rain blocked roads, rivers are overflowing ringfencing the locals in immense clutch of danger.
Pray for Himachal. Visuals are of today morning majorly at Mandi district. The rain is not stopping yet. It is continuous still in most parts. There has been huge loss of life , properties. Many Villages have been washed away in Himachal pic.twitter.com/b4hIyBjfDz
— Go Himachal (@GoHimachal_) August 14, 2023
Another house collapses in Mandi’s Kaleshdhar village burying around 5 people.
A house collapsed in the Kaleshdhar village of Mandi, 5 people buried. pic.twitter.com/UMfcQ95VpJ
— Go Himachal (@GoHimachal_) August 14, 2023