Here are 10 developments in this story (Uttrakhand Rain disaster)

Here are 10 developments in this story:

1. In Uttarakhand, nearly 26 people have died and over 50 are missing after record downpours and floods washed away buildings and roads.
2. More than a dozen people died in the state's Rudraprayag district alone, while another 50 people were missing, said Amit Negi, an official in Uttarakhand.
3. Vehicles were seen being washed away; a landslide buried a bus, killing three people in Almora district. (Pics)
4. More than 20,000 pilgrims are stranded along a mountain pass leading to the religious site of Kedarnath. Air Force sent in helicopters to help with evacuation after roads to the pilgrimage spot were blocked by landslides.
5. Army and paramilitary troops were leading efforts to rescue scores of people from the rooftops of their flooded homes. The state government was readying food parcels and drinking water pouches to be air dropped to villages cut off after roads were washed away.
6. The Ganga is flowing above the danger mark in places like Haridwar. "The situation is very grim. The meteorological office has predicted that the rain will continue for another three days at least," said government official Amit Chandola.