Last week, heavy rains in Maharashtra and Karnataka have caused massive damage to the people living near the coastal areas in both states. Incessant rains causing landslides and floods left over 140 dead and thousands displaced. The destruction seems irreversible in cities, districts and villages.

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While districts like Raigad and Ratnagiri were among the worst-hit areas of Maharashtra, parts of the coastal, Malenadu and the north-interior region of Karnataka were battered by torrential rains.

Since the rains began, 135 people are dead in Maharashtra and nine have been killed in Karnataka in incidents like floods, landslides etc. Over 1,35,313 people have been shifted to safer places, including 78,111 in Sangli district, followed by 40,882 in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. At the same time, in Karnataka, 31,360 people have been evacuated from low-lying areas, while 22,417 people are taking shelter in 237 relief camps. 

Here's what is happening currently:

- Satara in Maharashtra reported a total of 22 deaths due to rain-related incidents and landslides. The deaths include the recovery of 11 bodies from the Ambeghar landslide and 4 from Dhokawale landslide locations in Patan tehsil by NDRF teams. According to the NDRf team, 20 are still missing. 

- Satara has been one of the worst-hit districts in western Maharashtra. Over 5,000 people were shifted to safer places and 1,324 families were evacuated to safer places from rain-affected areas such as Wai, Karad, Patan, and Mahabaleshwar.

- The towns of Chiplun sand Khed in Ratnagiri were completely wiped out due to heavy water and remain cut off from land routes, reported the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA).

- Traffic was also suspended on the Mumbai-Bengaluru Highway due to the flood situation in parts of Maharashtra and Karnataka. A stretch of the Mumbai-Bengaluru national highway was waterlogged after the water level in the Panchganga river rose above danger level and water from Radhanagari Dam was discharged due to the rains.

- While Maharashtra struggles with devastation, the Karnataka government has sounded a 'Red Alert' for seven districts after a series of landslides. Among the deaths reported in Karnataka since July 22, four are from Uttara Kannada district, two from Belagavi and one each from Chikkamagaluru, Dharwad and Kodagu.

- Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has directed in-charge Ministers to stay put in their respective districts and monitor the relief and rescue operations there. He will be travelling to the rain and flood-affected border district of Belagavi in north Karnataka on Sunday (July 25).

- 25 NDRF teams plus eight on standby, three units each of Indian Army and Indian Coast Guard, seven of Indian Navy and one of Indian Air Force, besides local authorities, are engaged in the rescue operations nonstop for the past over 24 hours.

- In some relief, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the rainfall activity is likely to reduce over the west coast from Sunday (July 25). However, an “orange alert” has been issued for 24 Madhya Pradesh districts.