NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has announced that 51 people died in Himachal Pradesh in the last 24 hours due to unexpected floods following the monsoon. Four died in Uttarakhand.

Many people were injured and missing in Himachal. Rescue operations are continuing under the leadership of the Army, National, and State Disaster Response Forces. Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla has announced that the national flag-hoisting ceremony at Raj Bhavan today has been postponed in the wake of the tragedy.

All schools and colleges in the state were closed on Monday. According to the state emergency operation centre, 752 roads were closed in the state because of the calamity.

The weather office predicted extremely heavy rains in nine out of 12 districts of the state, barring Kullu, Kinnaur and Lahaul and Spiti, on Monday and issued a yellow warning for Tuesday.

In Mandi district, seven members of a family, including a two-year-old, were killed in a landslide late on Sunday night in the Seghli panchayat. Three persons were rescued.

In Solan district's Jadon village, seven members of a family were killed in a cloudburst on Sunday night.

Two houses in the district were washed away following the cloudburst. While six people were rescued, seven others were killed, a police official said.