The rescue operation in Arunachal Pradesh, which was suspended last evening, resumed at the break of the dawn and five more bodies were recovered, West Kameng SP A Koan said.
The bodies extricated from the debris were of Pinky Boro (40), Miali Chetry (40), Niky Boro (10), Juala Chetry (10) and 9-month-old Angel Lenua, the SP said.
In Uttarakhand too, the tragedy continued with the recovery of two more bodies, pushing the death toll in the rain-hit state to 15 today while aboutten rivers and rivulets were in spate across the state and traffic disrupted on several routes due to landslides.
15 people are still missing after the cloudbursts in Pithoragarh and Chamoli districts and it is feared that the toll may rise.
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Rain-related casualties were reported in Uttar Pradesh too as at least 11 people, including three minors, were killed in in different parts of the state in last two days due to lightning strike and wall or house collapse.
"The South-West Monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of western Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, most parts of Haryana, entire Chandigarh and Delhi and Punjab and some parts of eastern Rajasthan," a senior official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The national capital recorded 23.6 mm rainfall till 8.30 AM while weather stations at Lodhi Road, Palam, Ridge and Ayanagar received 19.6 mm, 3.8 mm, 12 mm and 18.7 mm rainfall.
Between 8.30 AM and 5.30 PM, Ridge recorded 0.2 mm rainfall while traces of rain was recorded in Ayanagar, a Delhi Met Department official said.
The humidity level oscillated between 74 and 97 per cent.
"The skies will be partly cloudy. There is likelihood of rain accompanied by thunderstorm for tomorrow. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle at around 30 and 24 degrees Celsius," the weatherman said.
Several parts of Rajasthan, Odisha and Punjab, among other states, also received heavy rainfall.