DEHRADUN , India, July 1 (UPI) -- Torrential rain prompted landslides, flash flooding and rising water in India's northern Uttarakhand state Friday, killing at least 30 people, the state government said.
The Pithoragarh and Chanoli districts were hardest hit with villages buried in mud, and people swept away by mud and debris rushing down slopes across the state in the foothills of the Himalayas. Two people were swept away by water traveling down a mountain in the village of Siron in Chanoli district.