22 dead as heavy rain triggers floods and landslides in India’s Himalayan region

Heavy monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides in India’s Himalayan region, leaving at least 22 people dead and many others trapped, officials said (Pradeep Kumar/AP)

Heavy monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides in India’s Himalayan region, leaving at least 22 people dead and many others trapped, officials said on Monday.

A cloudburst in the mountainous Himachal Pradesh state’s Solan district on Sunday night killed nine people, and nine more bodies were pulled out from under mud and debris after two landslides in Shimla, the state’s capital, authorities told the Press Trust of India news agency.