At least nine more people have died across India in the last 24 hours as relentless monsoon rains continue to unleash destruction, officials said Tuesday, pushing the death toll in this year’s season past 450.

Three deaths were reported each in Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, where cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides struck communities already struggling with weeks of downpours.

In Maharashtra, state disaster authorities confirmed that more than 100 people were evacuated in the past day alone.

In Himachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said persistent rain since Monday night caused widespread damage in districts including Mandi, Hamirpur, and Shimla. He confirmed three fatalities and one missing person.

“The rain has caused significant loss of life and property. I have directed the administration to carry out relief and rescue operations on a war footing in all affected areas,” Sukhu said.

The Himalayan state has borne the brunt of this year’s monsoon. Authorities reported on Tuesday that Himachal Pradesh alone has recorded 409 deaths linked to landslides and rain-related disasters since the season began in June.

Neighboring Uttarakhand reported three more deaths late Monday night. A cloudburst in Karligaad drew a direct response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who spoke with Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to assess the situation.

Elsewhere, Punjab has reported more than 50 deaths from monsoon-triggered flooding, which has also displaced hundreds of thousands of residents.

The monsoon season, which typically runs from June to September, has been particularly destructive this year. Scientists say climate change is altering its behavior, with rainfall now arriving in shorter, more intense bursts rather than spreading evenly across four months.

Meteorologists warn that moisture-laden clouds, fed by warming in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea, are increasingly dumping massive amounts of rain in concentrated areas — a phenomenon known as cloudbursts.

This pattern has wreaked havoc in mountainous states such as Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Indian-administered Kashmir, where landslides and flash floods have caused some of the worst devastation in early August.