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Himachal Pradesh Monsoon Fury: 386 Dead, Over 8,000 Homes Damaged, And Thousands Of Villages Cut Off

Himachal Pradesh faces one of its worst monsoon disasters, with 386 lives lost and thousands displaced by landslides, flash floods, and collapsing roads. Over 2,000 homes have been destroyed, crops and livestock worth crores wiped out, and key highways cut off for days. Rescue teams battle relentless rains as villages remain stranded, highlighting the scale of devastation in the hill state.

by Mahi Adlakha
Himachal Pradesh Monsoon Fury: 386 Dead, Over 8,000 Homes Damaged, And Thousands Of Villages Cut Off

Himachal Pradesh is reeling. What were once calm, pine-draped hills have turned into treacherous slopes of sludge and splintered roads. Since June 20, at least 386 people have died, while 218 were swallowed by landslides, flash floods, and freak accidents of the monsoon, the rest on highways that now resemble obstacle courses. 

386 Lives Lost In Himachal Pradesh Floods

According to Zee News, in Mandi, entire families were buried in landslides; in Kullu, cars tumbled into swollen rivers; in Kangra and Chamba, roads collapsed beneath trucks, leaving nothing but twisted metal and silence amidst nature’s fury. 

The numbers barely scratch the surface. More than 2,000 homes have vanished, nearly 6,000 stand cracked and unlivable, and cowsheds, shops, and schools lie flattened. Farmers watch helplessly as not just their crops but also their cattle and poultry, over 30,000 animals in all, are lost. This means that an entire season of livelihood has been wiped out overnight. 

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Economic Losses Mount As Himachal Pradesh Battles Monsoon Fury

The economic wounds of Himachal Pradesh floods run just as deep: agriculture has taken a hit worth over ₹2.7 lakh crore, horticulture nearly half that, and rebuilding broken roads, bridges, and power lines will bleed the exchequer further.

Rescue teams inch forward, often on foot where helicopters can’t reach and bulldozers can’t move. Villages hang in suspension, cut off for days, their only connection to the outside world the roar of helicopters overhead.

An SDMA official admitted that the scale of destruction is unlike anything they have seen before, as stated by Zee News.

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For the people living here, though, the crisis isn’t measured in crores or statistics; it’s in the sight of a school bag pulled from the debris, a family waiting on a highway bend for news that won’t come, or a farmer standing in knee-deep mud where his orchard once bloomed. And the rain hasn’t stopped. Each new downpour feels like the beginning of another disaster, as if the mountains themselves are warning that this fight is far from over.

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First Published: September 13, 2025 2:53 PM