Photos: A dangling bus and a mini truck in rain-hit Shimla

SHIMLA: A picture speaks a thousand words. An image of a mini truck dangling upside down from a house roof in Shimla shows how the hill city suffered blows after blows of nature's fury.
Surrounded by tall mountains, the serpentine roads lined with pine and deodar trees in Shimla turned into death traps for commuters and motorists after the region was hit by heavy rains.
Vehicles were damaged due to a landslide following heavy rains in Shimla (PTI)
The heavy downpour triggered flash floods and land slides in many parts of the district which claimed nine lives on Sunday alone.
A tree fell on a bus following heavy monsoon rain in Shimla (PTI)
Roads leading to Shimla bore the maximum brunt of the weather onslaught where landslides and falling of trees wreaked havoc.
A man walks past a crushed vehicle under an uprooted tree due to heavy monsoon rainfall in the northern hill town of Shimla (AFP)
Thousands of motorists remained stranded for hours due to damaged roads.
A vehicle buried under the debris following heavy monsoon rain in Shimla (PTI)
Train services between Shimla and Kalka were also disrupted on Sunday after multiple landslides blocked the rail route in Himachal Pradesh, a rail official said.
Vehicles stuck on a road following a landslide due to heavy monsoon rain in Shimla (PTI)
A Shimla-bound train from Kalka had started at 3am but had to be terminated midway at Dharampur Railway Station at 5am due to landslides, he said.
An earthmoving machine operator clears debris from a landslide-hit road in Shimla (PTI)
Himachal Pradesh recorded 102.5mm average rain on Sunday. This was the highest ever rainfall witnessed in the 24 hours in the state.
A road is blocked after a wall collapsed due to heavy rainfall in Shimla
The MeT department has predicted light to moderate rain in Una, Kangra, Bilaspur and Sirmaur during the next three hours.
(With inputs from agencies)