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Continuous heavy rainfall on July 11 triggered a major landslide scare in Shimla’s Sanjauli area, forcing residents of Bothwell Estate to remain outdoors since around 3 a.m amid fears that their houses could collapse

Updated - July 12, 2026 05:23 pm IST

A man wades through a waterlogged road on the premises of Lok Nayak Jaiprakash Narayan Hospital following rainfall, in Patna, Bihar, on July 11, 2026. | Photo Credit: -

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma on Saturday (July 11, 2026) reviewed the State’s monsoon preparedness after heavy rain triggered landslides, flash floods and localised flooding in 32 villages. The current spell of rain, which began in the first week of July, has damaged roads and infrastructure in several areas, with landslides, landslips, flash floods and localised flooding reported from 32 villages.

Continuous heavy rainfall on Saturday (July 11, 2026) triggered a major landslide scare in Shimla’s Sanjauli area, forcing residents of Bothwell Estate to remain outdoors since around 3 a.m. amid fears that their houses could collapse. Nearly 10 houses have been affected, with at least three homes facing an immediate threat due to the landslip.

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Heavy to very heavy rain lashed parts of India on Saturday (July 11, 2026), with Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh among the worst-hit as landslides blocked roads and disrupted public life.

In Uttarakhand, heavy rainfall triggered landslides, blocking 120 roads, including three national highways, while around 100 pilgrims were escorted to safety across a washed-out stretch of the Yamunotri National Highway

Heavy rain triggered landslides across Uttarakhand, blocking 126 roads, including two national highways, while a wall collapse in Dehradun left a woman injured and forced seven families to evacuate.

Repair work is underway on the Yamunotri Highway, which has been closed for the past three days due to a landslide at Syanachatti.

According to the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), landslides triggered by incessant rainfall over the past 24 hours have disrupted road connectivity across the state, with 126 roads currently blocked.

Nearly a quarter of the rain that falls over the northwestern Ghats during the Southwest monsoon evaporates mid-air, says a study out of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.

This is the first time this fraction has been measured via an experiment in India. This will help scientists refine weather and climate models and better understand the monsoon, an accompanying press statement noted.

One-fourth of India’s monsoon rain evaporates mid-air, says new study

A new IITM study reveals that 25% of India's monsoon rain evaporates mid-air, aiding climate model accuracy.

Indian Meteorological Department on Sunday (July 12) said that Widespread rainfall is likely over Andaman & Nicobar Islands during July 12-16; Gangetic West Bengal and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during July 12-18; Jharkhand and Odisha during July 13-18; Bihar during July 13th-14.

A high tide was witnessed at Mumbai’s Marine Drive on Sunday (July 12) as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued warnings for heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places across several parts of the country.

The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Assam and Meghalaya, Bihar and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on July 12.

Heavy rainfall is also likely at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, East Uttar Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Odisha, Punjab and Uttarakhand.

Several hotels and houses were inundated in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam on Saturday (July 12, 2026) after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in a stream, officials said.

A sudden spell of intense rainfall, possibly caused by a localised cloudburst, struck the forest areas of Awoora and Dehwathu in Pahalgam, in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, they said.

Cloudburst floods hotels, houses in Pahalgam; no casualties

Intense rainfall causes flash floods in Pahalgam, flooding hotels and houses, but no casualties reported, officials confirm.