Many still missing after Uttarakhand cloudburst

DEHRADUN, July 3: Three more bodies were recovered from the debris in the cloudburst-hit villages of Pithoragarh, raising the death toll in rain-related incidents in the state to 18 while searches were on for as many missing people by the Army, para-military and police personnel. According to the Disaster Mitigation Centre in Dehradun, three more bodies were recovered from Bastadi and uleda villages of Pithoragarh district taking the toll from cloudburst in the early hours of Friday to 15.