Dharamshala, July 8 -- As monsoon continues to wreak havoc in the hill state, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday sounded a low to moderate alert of flashflood risk in ten districts of Himachal Pradesh for 24 hours.

Search and rescue operations are underway with drones and sniffer dogs being used to trace 28 people who went missing after cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides wrecked Thunag, Gohar and Karsog subdivisions of Mandi district last week, officials said on Monday.

Personnel from the National and State Disaster Response Forces, army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and Home Guards, along with the administration and locals, are undertaking the search and rescue work. Besides, teams are also gathering information an...