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Heavy rains on Friday lashed Uttarakhand (UK) triggering cloudbursts and floods at many places even as authorities rescued 106 people in Madmaheshwar.
The State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) personnel launched efforts to rescue people, who were trapped at Gondar village in Madmaheshwar area in Rudraprayag district after a bridge washed away in a swollen river.
A helicopter took several sorties to airlift the stranded people, SDRF personnel said. “We have rescued 106 people from Madmaheshwar,” a top SDRF official said. An SDRF team has also trekked from Augustmuni to reach Gondar, the official said.
Meanwhile, a couple of cloudbursts occurred at Yamunotri area in Uttarkashi district and Sama Paniyali village in Bageshwar district triggering floods and landslides. Some buildings were damaged near Yamunotri shrine area early on Friday following a cloudburst that triggered heavy floods in Yamuna river.
In Bageshwar, a couple of houses were buried in landslides following a cloudburst in Sama Paniyali village.
However, there was no report of any loss of life in the state.
In Dehradun, schools remained closed after the met department declared orange alert. But heavy rains were not reported in Dehradun.