Flooded roads: Mother rushed to hospital on makeshift raft
Heavy rains turned an already difficult journey into a critical emergency for Lakshmi Nayak, a new mother just 10 days postpartum.
Heavy rains turned an already difficult journey into a critical emergency for Lakshmi Nayak, a new mother just 10 days postpartum.
Heavy rains and strong winds during the persisting deep depression caused power cuts for three days in certain locations in Purbasthali, Kalna of East Burdwan that invited a road block by the aggrieved residents on Monday.
Heavy rains in parts of north coastal Andhra on Sunday triggered a flood alert even as Vijayawada and other areas affected by last week’s floods in the south coastal region are yet to fully recover.
About 300 cars, including brand new vehicles, were found submerged at a showroom and service centre in Andhra Pradesh's flood-battered Vijayawada.
Water from adjoining areas, flowing onto the tracks is posing a hurdle in train movements of the circular railway system in Kolkata.
Moderate to heavy rains will continue in the national capital till Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
The situation is bad in Gujarat where rains this week were 400 % more than normal, Odisha where it is 535 % more than the average, West Bengal 515 % more than normal, Kerala 475 % more than normal and central Maharashtra 255 % more.
The administration has deployed NDRF teams for relief and rescue operations. Many people had to be airlifted by Indian Air Force (IAF) choppers on Monday. The IAF rescued 24 people only from Jamnagar.
Waterlogging has been reported from several parts of the national capital including Moti Bagh and RK Puram in south Delhi after rain.
In comparison to this year, Delhi received 576.5mm of rainfall in the 2020 monsoon season and 404.3mm in 2019.
