By Shishir Prashant 
PrashantNews
Dehradun, September 1, 2026: Seven people were killed in three separate incidents as incessant rains lashed Uttarakhand during the past 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday.
In Almora, three people including a woman were killed after an old house was damaged at Someshwar area amid heavy rains early on Tuesday. The Almora District Control Room received information about the incident at around 11:36 am, following which an SDRF rescue team rushed to the spot. The SDRF personnel launched a rescue operation and removed the debris to retrieve the three persons. However, all the three were found dead. Their bodies were subsequently handed over to the district police.
The deceased have been identified as Prema Devi (42), Kalpana Arya (19) and Manish Kumar (18).
In a separate incident in Dehradun, two youths from Rajasthan were killed after they were swept away in a swollen stream in the Lower Kondli area following heavy rainfall.
According to police, a Creta SUV carrying the victims was caught in the strong currents of the rain-fed stream, following which two persons were swept away.
During the subsequent search operation, the bodies of Akshay (20) and Kanak Sachdev (21) both hailing from Jaipur were recovered. One girl, identified as Sahaj Baweja, was also rescued by SDRF personnel.
In yet another incident, a 26-year-old woman and her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter were swept away when they were crossing the swollen Kolhu river in Kotdwar area of Pauri Garhwal district on Tuesday, police said.
The deceased were identified as Jenum (26) and her daughter Afia. Their bodies were recovered from the river with the help of SDRF personnel.
The three incidents occurred as several parts of Uttarakhand were lashed by heavy rains during the past 24 hours.