-PTI Ahmedabad: Torrential rains pounded parts of Gujarat today, leading to a deluge-like situation at several places, even as the state’s disaster management authority has been put on alert to tackle any emergency situation. Tankara gauged a massive 280 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours. Teams of the disaster management department with the help of National Disaster Response Force personnel rescued around 14 people stranded in floodwaters in the district. “Tankara...
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10 more killed in floods in Bihar, UP
-PTI Major rivers are flowing above danger mark; NDRF teams sent to Varanasi, Allahabad and Ghazipur Ten persons were killed and lakhs affected due to floods in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, where major rivers are flowing above danger mark on Wednesday. Two boys were feared dead after they were washed away in flash floods in the Tawi river in Jammu on Wednesday. In Uttar Pradesh, two persons were killed in floods...
More »No rain mercy: Floods, lightning claim 74 lives
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The flood situation in Assam, where two more people were killed on Sunday, and Bihar remained grim, while the death toll in lightning strikes in Odisha in the last 24 hours climbed from 32 to 45, taking the overall number of casualties to 74. In Assam, 29 people have so far died as more than 16 lakh people remain affected in 21 districts. About 150 rural...
More »Flood situation in Bihar worsens, 2.6 million hit
-The Times of India PATNA: The flood situation in Bihar worsened on Sunday, with many rivers breaching their banks and affecting hundreds of thousands of people, officials said. More than 2.6 million people have been hit by the floods in the state including half a million who have been displaced across 12 districts, the officials said. Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav visited the flood affected Supaul district on Sunday and said:...
More »Death toll in rain-related incidents in Uttarakhand rises to 14
-PTI Many rivers in spate Dehradun: The death toll due to heavy rains in Uttarakhand rose to 14 on Saturday, while about ten rivers and rivulets were in spate across the State. Vehicle traffic was disrupted on several routes due to landslides. At least 15 people are still missing since Friday yesterday morning in Pithoragarh and Chamoli districts. The Met department has warned of heavy rains in isolated places in the State, especially in...
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