Fresh cloudburst in Himachal: 58 roads closed, IMD says heavy rains to continue till August 20

Amid incessant rains in the past few days, a fresh cloudburst in the Takloch area of Rampur subdivision of Shimla district on Friday damaged a 30-metre stretch of road, a senior official told news agency PTI. The IMD has also issued a ‘yellow’ alert for heavy rain in 10 of Himachal Pradesh’s 12 districts till August 20 even as showers in parts of the state led to the closure of 58 roads.