Over 6,000 people are feared to have been killed in the devastating floods, cloudbursts and landslides in Uttarakhand in June16th to June 18th. "The scale and magnitude of the extreme event was such that more than 580 persons are confirmed to have lost their lives. Besides, another 5,474 persons who are still missing and feared to be no more," Defence Minister A.K. Antony said in a statement in Lok Sabha.1.1 lakh people were evacuated to safe places in the "shortest possible time.
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