Torrential rains battered Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar
Pradesh and some parts of Odisha, where flash floods had
claimed one life yesterday.
The flood fury in the country
claimed eight more lives today even as the weatherman
predicted downpours in several states, which may compound the
situation in the deluge-ravaged areas.
Torrential rains battered Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar
Pradesh and some parts of Odisha, where flash floods had
claimed one life yesterday.
The floods in Assam claimed five more lives, even as the
overall situation improved marginally with around 8 lakh
people affected across 17 districts in the state.
According to a report by the Assam State Disaster
Management Authority (ASDMA), three persons lost their lives
in Morigaon district of central Assam. One each died in
Goalpara and Golaghat districts.
With this, the total number of persons losing their
lives in this year's floods has gone up to 65, including eight
in Guwahati.
Two more rain-related deaths were reported from Gujarat.
The death toll due to torrential rains now stands at 11,
officials of the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC)
said.
Rains lashed several parts of the state, especially
southern part, over the last 24 hours. Umergam and Kaprada
taluka of Valsad district received 99 mm and 98 mm of rainfall
respectively.
Mandvi in Kutch gauged 94 mm of precipitation, Morva
Hadaf in Panchmahal 83 mm, Valsad taluka 69 mm and Bavla of
Ahmedabad 65 mm.
A man was swept away by flash floods triggered by a cloud
burst in Chama district of Himachal Pradesh as rains lashed
many other parts of the state.
Banjar, which received 77 mm of rains since yesterday,
was the wettest place in the state followed by Nahan 73 mm,
Salooni 46 mm, Palampur 45 mm, Dharamshala 37 mm, Baijnath 35
mm, Bhoranj 34 mm and Kheri 27 mm, the MeT department said.
Relief and rescue operations gained pace following
improvement in the situation in Rayagada and Kalahandi
districts of Odisha where flash floods claimed one life and
left thousands of people marooned.
The district administration of Rayagada has declared
closure of schools and colleges for three days in
Kalyansinghpur block in view of the floods.
The deluge severely affected train services on the
Rayagada-Titlagarh section as a railway bridge between
Theruvali and Singapur Road railway stations was washed away.
Meanwhile, two persons were killed after lightning struck
them in Odisha's Ganjam district.
Heavy rains pounded several parts of the national capital
leading to traffic snarls and water logging in several areas
on the first working day of the week.
The Safdarjung observatory gauged 20.6 mm of rainfall
between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm. Areas under Palam, Lodhi Road,
Ridge and Ayanagar recorded 2.4, 45.4, 37.0 and 0.3 mm of
rainfall in the same period.
Major rivers of Uttar Pradesh including the Ganga, the
Sharda and the Ghaghra were flowing close to the danger mark
as several places in the state received rains.
The weatherman has predicted "extremely heavy rains" at
isolated places are very likely in Odisha and coastal Andhra
Pradesh.
Heavy to very heavy rains are predicted at some places in
Goa, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, in Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram,
Tripura, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and
Karnataka.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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