The number of recovered bodies swept away by flashfloods in Chamoli continues to be 3 and the total fatalities from both districts located far apart from each other currently is 18. According to the Disaster Mitigation Centre here, three more bodies were recovered from Bastadi and Nauleda villages of Pithoragarh district taking the toll from cloudburst in the wee hours of Friday to 15. He said the Army had recovered an elderly woman alive from Pithoragarh on Sunday and has shared the information on Twitter. Three more bodies were recovered from the debris in the cloudburst-hit villages of Pithoragarh, raising the death toll in rain-related incidents in the state to 18 while searches were on for as many missing people by the Army, para-military and police personnel. "However, he made it clear that there was no report of any untoward incident caused by the rains today from anywhere.

Source: dna July 03, 2016 15:33 UTC