Officials recover another body from the ruins of a collapsed temple in Shimla, bringing the death toll to 72 as landslides and floods decimate Himachal Pradesh.

Footage from August 17 shows rescue teams at the scene of Shiv Temple where a landslide killed 14 people.

Heavy rains have lashed the state since last week, triggering landslides and road collapses.

Since the onset of the monsoon season on June 24, 217 have been killed in rain-related incidents.

With the recovery of one more body from the debris of a collapsed Shiv temple in Summer Hill area here, the death toll in the rain fury in Himachal Pradesh has climbed to 72, officials said on Thursday. The deceased was identified as Prof P L Sharma, chairman, department of mathematics, Himachal Pradesh University.Two days after a tragic incident unfolded in Himachal Pradesh, destroying a Shiv temple due to heavy rainfall.

According to the Himachal Pradesh authorities, seven members of the family which included three children were inside the Shiv temple when the tragedy occurred. Five family members' bodies have been recovered, while two more are still missing.

Heavy rains have lashed the hill state since Sunday, triggering landslides in several districts, including Shimla.Since the onset of the monsoon on June 24, 217 persons have died in rain-related incidents in Himachal Pradesh and 11,301 houses have been partially or completely damaged, according to the state emergency operation centre.A total of 506 roads are still closed in the state and 408 transformers and 149 water supply schemes have been disrupted.Over the last three days, 2,074 people have been evacuated in flooded areas of Kangra district.