Water level of the river Beas in Kullu due to heavy rainfall on Wednesday | Photo credit: PTI
A series of flash floods and downpours has claimed 22 lives in parts of the country on Wednesday. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams are on duty to conduct rescue operations and assess the damage.
In Maharashtra it is Rainfall death toll climbed to 213. In Raigad, one of the worst affected districts, 95 of the reported fatalities were to mourn. Other counties suffering from massive landslides are: Satara and Ratnagiriwhile floods have claimed in claimed human lives Kolhapur and Sangli.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) also has one ‘orange alarm’ for the state capital, warning of incessant rains. An “orange alarm” accompanies a forecast of extremely bad weather and a possible interruption of commuting due to waterlogging and power outages.
Flash floods claim 9 lives in Himachal Pradesh
Flash floods wreaked havoc in parts of Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday 14 lives. Four people are still missing.
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Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Anil Khachi spoke to the media on Wednesday seven districts in the state remain affected by flash floods. Lahaul-Spiti, Kullu and Chamba are worst hit, he added.
Seven people died in the Lahaul-Spiti flash floods triggered by a downpour over Tozing Nullah in Udaipur, said Sudesh Kumar Mokhta, director of state disaster control.
ITBP employees during a rescue operation in Tozing Nallah in Himachals Lahaul-Spiti on Wednesday | Photo credit: PTI
ON Hydroelectric power station official and a Tourist from Delhi were among the dead in Kullu District. Two other fatalities were reported in Chamba.
The Shimla Meteorological Center has one “red” weather warningwhich indicates extremely heavy rain.
Meanwhile, the traffic on the Manali Manali-Leh Highway and the Gramphu-Kaza highway. Several landslides have that too Kalka-Shimla motorway and the Chandigarh-Manali highway.
Cloudbursts in J&K, Ladakh: 8 dead, 17 missing
The two union territories of Jammu and Kashmir as well as Ladakh were hit by a series of downpours on Wednesday.
Dacchan and Boujwa Areas in J & K’s Kishtwar area experienced the greatest damage. That Bodies of seven people, including two women, were rescued by Dacchin. Another person drowned in the swollen saktoi nallah in the Rajouri district on Wednesday.
At the same time, 17 people were saved from the area in a joint action by the police, army and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF). Seventeen people are reportedly still missing.
Army personnel conduct a rescue operation at Hanzor in J & Ks Kishtwar on Wednesday | Photo credit: PTI
Cloudbursts were also from the holy cave shrine of Amarnath in southern Kashmir and Aloosa village in Bandipora in northern Kashmir.
Meanwhile, floods disrupted normal life in Machail, Paddar and Bunjwah in the Kishtwar district on Wednesday.
Affected by downpours in Ladakh Sangra and Khangral Kargil areas in Ladakh, nearly a dozen houses, several bridges and even a mini hydropower project damaged. Damage reports also come from Khangral village on the national road Srinagar-Leh.
Heavy rain lashes Delhi, Haryana, Punjab
Heavy spells from Rain lashed Delhi and Haryana’s Gurugram On Wednesday. According to the Safdarjung Observatory, the state capital has 386.3 mm of precipitation this month so far.
Waterlogging caused traffic disruptions in a number of areas, including Vasant Kunj, Laxmi Nagar, Mubarakpur, Malviya Nagar, Dwarka Sector 1 and 8, Mahipalpur, Nangloi and Uttam Nagar, among other.
After heavy rainfall on Wednesday morning, part of a road near the India Gate also collapsed.
Delhi-Gurugram Expressway in Narsinghpur wet after heavy rain on Wednesday | Photo credit: PTI
Gurugram in Haryana was also affected by waterlogging in low-lying areas. Obtained Gurugram 91.8mm of rain on Wednesday according to the weather office.
Another rain shower lashed out in Punjab Ambala, Amritsar, Bhiwani, Chandigarh, Hisar, Karnal, Narnaul, Patiala, and Rohtak.
The IMD predicts light to moderate rain in most places in Haryana and Punjab on Thursday.
IMD warns for South Bengal, Uttarakhand
forecast heavy rain Per North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas in West Bengal, the mead department has before one in the next two days Rise in water level from Rivers in South Bengal.
Other parts of the state likely to receive heavy downpours contain Purulia, Bankura, Pashim Medinipur, Jhargram, Purba Bardhaman, Calcutta, Nadia and Murshidabad.
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In Uttarakhand, extremely heavy rain is expected to continue in Uttarkashi, Nainital, Dehradun and Pauri. The director of the IMD’s regional center in Uttarakhand, Bikram Singh, advised people to avoid traveling for fear of landslides.
Several landslides triggered by heavy rains have the Gangotri and Yamunotri national roads at several points. In addition, up to 20 connecting roads are closed due to landslides.
(With contributions by Dilip Singh Rathore, Satender Chauhan, Manjeet Sehgal and agencies)
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