Himachal Pradesh has been the worst-hit by the monsoon fury striking the northern states. The video shows a hotel in Manali Allu being washed away in the flash floods triggered by incessant rains.
The state government has issued a warning to tourists not to visit the hill state and asked local residents to stay at home as highways and bridges have been washed away.
A hotel washed away in Manali #HimachalFloods
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India Meteorological Department (IMD) has attributed the spell of unprecedented torrential rain to an interaction between a western disturbance moving in from the Arabian Sea and monsoon winds from the Bay of Bengal which together have had the impact of a double whammy.