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.
Odisha is likely to experience widespread rains from Friday as a cyclonic circulation over Thailand was moving westwards and could support the formation of a fresh low-pressure area over the central Bay of Bengal.
The mini Tank Bund has overflowed. Water entered the newly constructed district collectorate as well as the bus terminus complex. Teams of Disaster Response Force in Hyderabad has been sent to Sircilla for rescue operations.
The roads outside the US Embassy in Chanakyapuri, the Inner circle of Connaught Place, the road below the Minto Bridge, and several other areas across Delhi were flooded resulting in obstruction to vehicular movement.
While one boy was washed away in a flooded river in Jalgaon, there has been no impact on the road, rail traffic or air services.
As many as 9,000 people have been shifted to safer places across the state in the backdrop of damages caused by heavy rains. A red alert has been issued in 7 districts.
