A total of 27,896 people have been evacuated from the flood-affected areas so far.
New Delhi:
At least 18 people, including six children, died in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, while thousands were evacuated and forced to stay in shelter homes amid heavy rains in the states. to be done.
Heavy rains coupled with strong winds lashed Mumbai and suburbs and within hours several parts of the city were flooded, bringing road traffic to a halt at some places.
Heavy rain occurred at isolated places over East Rajasthan, while light to moderate rain was recorded in some other parts of the state.
Mount Abu and Pratapgarh recorded maximum rainfall of 8 cm in a day. Rains brought down the mercury in Delhi as well, but traffic jams and waterlogging occurred in parts of the city, with the minimum temperature at 26.2 degrees Celsius, a notch below normal.
According to the data of India Meteorological Department, Delhi recorded 2 mm of rain in 24 hours till 8:30 am on Tuesday.
However, IMD data showed that five districts of Delhi have received deficient rainfall so far this monsoon due to poor distribution of rainfall.
Delhi has recorded an average rainfall deficit of 23 per cent – 90.4 mm as compared to the normal 116.9 mm forecast since the monsoon season began on June 1.
Three children were killed and four others were injured when lightning struck amidst rain in Madhya Pradesh’s Agar Malwa district.
Heavy rains covered more areas of Gujarat, where six people died in rain-related incidents in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 69 since June 1.
State Disaster Management Minister Rajendra Trivedi said a total of 27,896 people were evacuated from the flood-affected areas and 18,225 of them stayed in shelters while others returned home.
While the districts of South Gujarat have been receiving heavy rains for the past few days, parts of Kutch and Rajkot in Saurashtra region are also receiving heavy rains since Monday night, officials said.
According to the State Emergency Operation Center (SEOC), Anjar taluka of Kutch received 167 mm of rain in the six hours since 6 am on Tuesday, while Gandhidham taluka of the district received 145 mm of rain.
Narmada, Surat, Dang, Valsad and Tapi districts of south Gujarat and Panchmahal and Chhota Udepur in the central part of the state received heavy rains in the last one day.
The IMD has issued a ‘red alert’ for heavy to very heavy rains in Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Tapi, Dang, Narmada, Chhota Udaipur districts of Saurashtra region as well as Kutch, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Devbhoomi Dwarka and Morbi. Wednesday morning.
Heavy rains continue in some parts of Maharashtra.
At least nine people, including three children, died in rain-related incidents, while 95 people were evacuated from flood-affected places.
Officials said that 13 teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and three teams of State Disaster Response Force have been deployed in vulnerable districts of the state.
The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for extremely heavy rains at isolated places for Nashik, Palghar and Pune districts for the next three days.
Schools and colleges in Nashik city also remained closed due to heavy rains, with people from flood-affected areas asked to move to safer places.
Nashik city received 97.4 mm of rain in 24 hours till 8.30 am on Tuesday.
Mumbai’s Palghar district received 109.9 mm of rain but no floods in the last 24 hours, which ended at 8:30 am on Tuesday.
Thane district received 106.3 mm of rain in the last 24 hours, which ended at 8:30 am on Tuesday.
Two people died after a structure collapsed in a suburb of Mumbai, while one person drowned in Gadchiroli district of eastern Maharashtra, officials said.
Three residents of Madhya Pradesh were killed and several others went missing after a vehicle was swept away by rain in the state’s Nagpur district on Tuesday.
The deceased were residents of Betul district of MP.
Incessant rains have affected 10 villages in Gadchiroli, Nandurbar and Mumbai suburbs.
Three younger siblings died after drowning in a water-filled pit in Chakan area of Maharashtra’s Pune district on Tuesday.
Children between the ages of four and eight drowned while bathing in a pit dug by a farmer near his house and water had accumulated in it due to rain.
Four people, including two people, were seriously injured when a portion of a dilapidated residential structure collapsed in Pune city.
The Water Resources Department has started releasing 284.16 cusecs of water from Gangapur Dam in Nashik district after the water level of Godavari river increased.
As a precautionary measure, officials shifted 70 people from Nashik district and 25 from Gadchiroli district to safer places.
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