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.
The cloudy sky may continue from November 21 till 24 with isolated places experiencing light rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning.
Under the influence of this system, rainfall may increase in Odisha from November 17 and continue up to November 20 with one or two places in south Odisha experiencing heavy rainfall.
Several highways have been obstructed while domestic flights have been suspended, according to the officials. The rain and flooding have hugely impacted paddy harvesting in several parts of the country.
Hyderabad, surrounding districts and some other parts of Telangana received heavy rains Monday morning and the authorities went on high alert in view of warning by India Meteorological Department (IMD) that heavy to very heavy rains are likely.
Kolkata as well as several districts and submerged due to heavy rains.
