FURY AND THE FALLOUT

IF MILLENNIAL VISIONS OF DISASTER ARE BECOMING COMMONPLACE, IT'S BECAUSE EXTREME WEATHER IS NO LONGER A FREAK EVENT BUT THE NEW NORM. FIVE NORTHERN STATES SEE HILLSIDE, FARMLAND AND CITY ALIKE GO UNDER AFTER A TSUNAMI FROM THE SKIES SENDS FIVE RIVERS INTO SPATE. TOLL: 200. OTHER LOSSES: STILL COUNTING

- ANILESH S. MAHAJAN

HIMACHAL PRADESH

Death toll: 108

₹3,738 CRORE Estimated total damages 

1,000 Roads damaged or blocked

70,000 Tourists rescued by defence forces/ state agencies

₹350 CRORE Central funds for relief work 

40 No. of bridges affected

25,000 People in relief camps/rendered homeless

PUNJAB

Death toll: 38

617,000 Acres of farms estimated to be waterlogged

1,438 No. of villages flooded in 19 districts