Two women and a child belonging to one family were killed when the ceiling of their house collapsed in Vikasnagar area of Dehradun, officials here said.
The roof of the house caved in under the impact of debris from the hills, killing them on the spot, they said.
About eight houses in Urgam valley of Chamoli district were damaged due to heavy rains today forcing the occupants to vacate them and move to safer places, Chamoli's District Magistrate S A Murugesan told PTI.
Water level in Bhagirathi river in Uttarkashi has been constantly on the rise with villages of Tiloth and Joshiyara villages facing the danger of being inundated.
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People living in houses located along the banks of the river have been asked to move to safer places, officials here said.
IAF's C-130 Hercules transport aircraft, commissioned after choppers engaged in the operations earlier failed to fly relief material to affected areas, has also not been helpful in the inclement weather.
It had to return from a sortie this morning after failing to drop relief material due to overcast skies and low visibility conditions, NDMA member in charge of relief operations in the hill state V K Duggal told PTI.
The plane was loaded with relief material last night for Kedarnath and other flood-hit areas but so far it has not been able to carry out its mission, he said.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna said the number of people missing in the tragedy has risen to over 4700 out of which 750 are from Uttarakhand.