35 dead, 50 hurt in flash floods in HimachalJuly 16, 2003 13:23 ISTLast Updated: July 16, 2003 18:34 ISTThirty-five people were killed and 50 injured in flash floods caused by a devastating cloudburst in flash floods caused by a devastating cloudburst in Shillagarh village, 50 km from Shimla, in Garsa area of Kullu district on Wednesday morning. Chief Minister Vir Bhadra Singh had earlier said the number of persons feared dead could be more than 100. Of the injured, 22 were admitted to a hospital at Kullu, while some others were discharged after first-aid, the sources said. Official sources said the flash floods washed away several huts of labourers and the gushing waters swept large chunks of lands along the banks and uprooted trees. All communication links and power supply to the disaster area has been disrupted as the cloudburst snapped overhead transmission lines.