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  • 33 lifeless, 18 nonetheless lacking after file Beijing rains: Officials

    Thirty-three individuals have been confirmed lifeless and 18 are nonetheless lacking after Beijing’s heaviest rains on file, officers mentioned Wednesday.

    China’s capital has been hit by file downpours in latest weeks, damaging infrastructure and deluging swathes of the town’s suburbs and surrounding areas.

    Officials mentioned Wednesday that 33 had died within the latest unhealthy climate in Beijing, primarily by flooding and buildings collapsing, virtually thrice the determine given by officers final Tuesday.

    “I would like to express my deep condolences to those who died in the line of duty and the unfortunate victims,” Xia Linmao, Beijing’s vice-mayor, advised a press convention, in line with state broadcaster CCTV.

    Scores have died within the floods throughout northern China, with Beijing on Friday saying 147 deaths or disappearances final month have been attributable to pure disasters.

    Of these, 142 have been attributable to flooding or geological disasters, China’s Ministry of Emergency Management mentioned.

    In Hebei province, which neighbours Beijing, 15 have been reported to have died and 22 have been lacking.

    And in northeastern Jilin, 14 died and one particular person was reported lacking on Sunday.

    Further north in Heilongjiang, state media reported dozens of rivers noticed water ranges rise above “warning markers” in latest days.

    “I still feel scared when I recall the recent flooding,” Zheng Xiaokang, a police officer from the province’s Jiangxi village, advised the state-run Xinhua News Agency.

    “In the face of the persistent downpour and rising river water, the consequences would have been devastating had we not managed to timely evacuate the villagers,” Zheng mentioned.

    Millions of individuals have been hit by excessive climate occasions and extended heatwaves across the globe in latest weeks, occasions that scientists say are being exacerbated by local weather change.

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    Aug 9, 2023

  • Odisha stares at medium-level flood in Mahanadi, 2 deaths reported in heavy rains

    Express News Service

    BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha authorities on Thursday sounded alert for a medium stage flood in Mahanadi river and requested at the very least 5 districts within the coastal and deltaic area to ramp up evacuation and aid measures. 

    In the final three days, two individuals died after heavy rains lashed the state.

    The authorities mentioned at the very least 15,000 individuals have been affected in 264 panchayats of 11 districts up to now. The districts evacuated 4,151 individuals and shifted them to safer locations. 

    Now with about 9 lakh cusec water more likely to move by Mundali barrage later within the day, low-lying areas and people situated near the river banks in Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Puri and Khurda districts are additionally very more likely to get impacted by the flood. In Cuttack, the flood water discharge affected a number of villages on the day. In Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Puri and Khurda districts, the administration began shifting individuals to safer locations as the height water circulate is predicted to achieve by Thursday night time.

    “A medium stage flood is predicted in Mahanadi because of the incessant rains in Boudh and Phulbani and never due to water discharge from Hirakud dam. No gate of the dam might be opened and the flood waters are anticipated to enter the ocean by Friday night,” mentioned Special Relief Commissioner Satyabrata Sahu. 

    Meanwhile, the federal government confirmed two deaths in Keonjhar and Jajpur districts. While an individual died from drowning in Jajpur, one other succumbed after a wall collapsed because of the heavy rains in Keonjhar. 

    About 106 groups of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force, National Disaster Response Force and Odisha Fire and Emergency Service have already been deployed in 16 districts together with Cuttack and Khurda. Senior engineers of the Department of Water Resources have additionally been deployed to watch the floods in Mahanadi river. 

    About 4,000 individuals have been evacuated from low-lying areas in Keonjhar, Jajpur, Balasore, Phulbani and Boudh districts attributable to flood-like state of affairs in lots of rivers and tributaries following incessant rains. Two panchayats of Nayagarh have been reduce off from Gania block attributable to flood water overtopping the roads. 

    The Baitarani river which prompted injury in coastal and northern districts continues to circulate above the hazard stage.

    According to officers, the water stage is predicted to recede by Thursday night time. The river is flowing at 19.66 m in opposition to its hazard stage of 18.33 m. 

    BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha authorities on Thursday sounded alert for a medium stage flood in Mahanadi river and requested at the very least 5 districts within the coastal and deltaic area to ramp up evacuation and aid measures. 

    In the final three days, two individuals died after heavy rains lashed the state.

    The authorities mentioned at the very least 15,000 individuals have been affected in 264 panchayats of 11 districts up to now. The districts evacuated 4,151 individuals and shifted them to safer locations. googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Now with about 9 lakh cusec water more likely to move by Mundali barrage later within the day, low-lying areas and people situated near the river banks in Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Puri and Khurda districts are additionally very more likely to get impacted by the flood. In Cuttack, the flood water discharge affected a number of villages on the day. In Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Cuttack, Puri and Khurda districts, the administration began shifting individuals to safer locations as the height water circulate is predicted to achieve by Thursday night time.

    “A medium stage flood is predicted in Mahanadi because of the incessant rains in Boudh and Phulbani and never due to water discharge from Hirakud dam. No gate of the dam might be opened and the flood waters are anticipated to enter the ocean by Friday night,” mentioned Special Relief Commissioner Satyabrata Sahu. 

    Meanwhile, the federal government confirmed two deaths in Keonjhar and Jajpur districts. While an individual died from drowning in Jajpur, one other succumbed after a wall collapsed because of the heavy rains in Keonjhar. 

    About 106 groups of Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force, National Disaster Response Force and Odisha Fire and Emergency Service have already been deployed in 16 districts together with Cuttack and Khurda. Senior engineers of the Department of Water Resources have additionally been deployed to watch the floods in Mahanadi river. 

    About 4,000 individuals have been evacuated from low-lying areas in Keonjhar, Jajpur, Balasore, Phulbani and Boudh districts attributable to flood-like state of affairs in lots of rivers and tributaries following incessant rains. Two panchayats of Nayagarh have been reduce off from Gania block attributable to flood water overtopping the roads. 

    The Baitarani river which prompted injury in coastal and northern districts continues to circulate above the hazard stage.

    According to officers, the water stage is predicted to recede by Thursday night time. The river is flowing at 19.66 m in opposition to its hazard stage of 18.33 m. 

  • Flood fury: Death toll in Punjab, Haryana rises to 62 as each states ramp up restore, aid work

    By PTI

    CHANDIGARH: At least 62 individuals misplaced their lives in rain-related incidents in Punjab and Haryana throughout the current spell of torrential downpour that battered components of northern India, officers stated on Sunday.

    With floodwaters receding in lots of areas of the 2 states, authorities have began engaged on restoring energy and water provides and repairing broken infrastructure in flood-hit areas, they stated.

    Relief work was nonetheless underway in a number of locations, together with the Sangrur and Patiala districts of Punjab, and breaches in earthen embankments alongside the Ghaggar river are being repaired.

    Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Sunday stated faculties that had been ordered to be closed until Sunday will reopen from July 17. He additionally requested deputy commissioners to take choices at their very own ranges in case any college is waterlogged or broken.

    Several districts of Punjab and Haryana had been battered by heavy downpour final week that has left regular life paralysed. According to official knowledge, 32 individuals have died in Punjab due to rain-related incidents and 30 in neighbouring Haryana.

    Over 26,000 individuals have up to now been evacuated to safer locations from waterlogged areas in flood-hit districts of Punjab and greater than 5,917 in Haryana.

    The floods brought on by the rain have affected 15 districts in Punjab and 13 in Haryana.

    The well being division has been requested to take steps to stop the outbreak of any water and vector-borne ailments within the flood-affected areas, the officers stated.

    The water degree on the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana’s Yamunanagar was 54,282 cusecs at 8 am which later rose to 81,430 cusecs at 2 pm after which dropped to 61,592 cusecs at 5 pm.

    Speaking to reporters in Rohtak on Sunday, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar hit out on the AAP management for blaming his state over floods in components of Delhi, saying the blame sport is neither within the curiosity of humanity, the state nor the nation.

    AAP leaders have alleged that the BJP-led authorities in Haryana launched extreme water from the barrage which flooded the Yamuna river, with water flowing onto the streets and roads of the nationwide capital.

    The officers stated efforts had been underway to plug the breach that appeared alongside the Ghaggar river in Punjab’s Mansa. The breach was fashioned on Saturday in an embankment close to the Chandpura bundh within the Budhlada sub-division.

    The breach prompted water from the river to enter the fields within the district’s Gorakhnath and Birewala Dogran villages. It is feared that water might enter different villages as properly, the officers stated.

    The Mansa district administration has already arrange a number of aid camps for flood-affected individuals, they stated, including that the ravaging Ghaggar has additionally inundated swathes of agricultural fields in Haryana’s Fatehabad district.

    In Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, a number of villages within the Dasuya sub-division had been inundated following heavy in a single day rain, prompting authorities to shift some residents to safer locations, the officers stated on Sunday.

    Patiala Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney stated the administration has began work on resuming the availability of consuming water, restoring electrical energy, and repairing the broken infrastructure.

    “We have gone through a tough situation together and as things slowly return to normalcy, I want to thank each and every person for their patience and cooperation during this time,” Sawhney stated to the individuals of Patiala.

    In Sangrur, the Moonak and Khanauri areas had been the worst affected with a swollen Ghaggar inundating huge tracts of land.

    Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal stated water has began receding regularly within the Ghaggar river and the district administration has constantly been making an attempt to plug the breaches.

    In Kapurthala, because the water degree within the flood-affected areas in Sultanpur Lodhi began receding, the district administration stated it’s totally geared as much as implement measures to stop water-borne ailments. Public bulletins had been additionally being made in flood-hit areas, asking individuals to boil water earlier than consuming. The authorities had been additionally offering cattle feed and fodder in flood-hit areas.

    In Punjab, a complete of 148 aid camps are functioning the place 3,731 individuals have been sheltered, the officers stated.

    A complete of 1,414 villages in 15 districts have been affected by floods within the state, they stated.

    Meanwhile, Khattar stated a report of evaluation of the losses prompted to life and property within the state is anticipated to return from affected districts within the subsequent two days.

    “But according to the information so far, 30 people have lost their lives, 133 houses have been completely damaged, 183 houses partially damaged and 110 animals have died,” he stated.

    Khattar stated farmers might be requested to register their losses on the ‘e-fasal Kshatipoorti’ portal and after that, a survey might be accomplished.

    In Haryana, 5,917 individuals have up to now been evacuated to secure locations with practically 1,300 villages being ravaged by the floods.

    Thirty-seven aid camps have been opened within the state the place 2,852 individuals have taken shelter, in accordance with Haryana authorities knowledge up to date until 5 pm on Sunday.

    The authorities stated 1.72 lakh hectares of agricultural space had been destroyed within the floods.

    CHANDIGARH: At least 62 individuals misplaced their lives in rain-related incidents in Punjab and Haryana throughout the current spell of torrential downpour that battered components of northern India, officers stated on Sunday.

    With floodwaters receding in lots of areas of the 2 states, authorities have began engaged on restoring energy and water provides and repairing broken infrastructure in flood-hit areas, they stated.

    Relief work was nonetheless underway in a number of locations, together with the Sangrur and Patiala districts of Punjab, and breaches in earthen embankments alongside the Ghaggar river are being repaired.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains on Sunday stated faculties that had been ordered to be closed until Sunday will reopen from July 17. He additionally requested deputy commissioners to take choices at their very own ranges in case any college is waterlogged or broken.

    Several districts of Punjab and Haryana had been battered by heavy downpour final week that has left regular life paralysed. According to official knowledge, 32 individuals have died in Punjab due to rain-related incidents and 30 in neighbouring Haryana.

    Over 26,000 individuals have up to now been evacuated to safer locations from waterlogged areas in flood-hit districts of Punjab and greater than 5,917 in Haryana.

    The floods brought on by the rain have affected 15 districts in Punjab and 13 in Haryana.

    The well being division has been requested to take steps to stop the outbreak of any water and vector-borne ailments within the flood-affected areas, the officers stated.

    The water degree on the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana’s Yamunanagar was 54,282 cusecs at 8 am which later rose to 81,430 cusecs at 2 pm after which dropped to 61,592 cusecs at 5 pm.

    Speaking to reporters in Rohtak on Sunday, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar hit out on the AAP management for blaming his state over floods in components of Delhi, saying the blame sport is neither within the curiosity of humanity, the state nor the nation.

    AAP leaders have alleged that the BJP-led authorities in Haryana launched extreme water from the barrage which flooded the Yamuna river, with water flowing onto the streets and roads of the nationwide capital.

    The officers stated efforts had been underway to plug the breach that appeared alongside the Ghaggar river in Punjab’s Mansa. The breach was fashioned on Saturday in an embankment close to the Chandpura bundh within the Budhlada sub-division.

    The breach prompted water from the river to enter the fields within the district’s Gorakhnath and Birewala Dogran villages. It is feared that water might enter different villages as properly, the officers stated.

    The Mansa district administration has already arrange a number of aid camps for flood-affected individuals, they stated, including that the ravaging Ghaggar has additionally inundated swathes of agricultural fields in Haryana’s Fatehabad district.

    In Punjab’s Hoshiarpur, a number of villages within the Dasuya sub-division had been inundated following heavy in a single day rain, prompting authorities to shift some residents to safer locations, the officers stated on Sunday.

    Patiala Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney stated the administration has began work on resuming the availability of consuming water, restoring electrical energy, and repairing the broken infrastructure.

    “We have gone through a tough situation together and as things slowly return to normalcy, I want to thank each and every person for their patience and cooperation during this time,” Sawhney stated to the individuals of Patiala.

    In Sangrur, the Moonak and Khanauri areas had been the worst affected with a swollen Ghaggar inundating huge tracts of land.

    Deputy Commissioner Jitendra Jorwal stated water has began receding regularly within the Ghaggar river and the district administration has constantly been making an attempt to plug the breaches.

    In Kapurthala, because the water degree within the flood-affected areas in Sultanpur Lodhi began receding, the district administration stated it’s totally geared as much as implement measures to stop water-borne ailments. Public bulletins had been additionally being made in flood-hit areas, asking individuals to boil water earlier than consuming. The authorities had been additionally offering cattle feed and fodder in flood-hit areas.

    In Punjab, a complete of 148 aid camps are functioning the place 3,731 individuals have been sheltered, the officers stated.

    A complete of 1,414 villages in 15 districts have been affected by floods within the state, they stated.

    Meanwhile, Khattar stated a report of evaluation of the losses prompted to life and property within the state is anticipated to return from affected districts within the subsequent two days.

    “But according to the information so far, 30 people have lost their lives, 133 houses have been completely damaged, 183 houses partially damaged and 110 animals have died,” he stated.

    Khattar stated farmers might be requested to register their losses on the ‘e-fasal Kshatipoorti’ portal and after that, a survey might be accomplished.

    In Haryana, 5,917 individuals have up to now been evacuated to secure locations with practically 1,300 villages being ravaged by the floods.

    Thirty-seven aid camps have been opened within the state the place 2,852 individuals have taken shelter, in accordance with Haryana authorities knowledge up to date until 5 pm on Sunday.

    The authorities stated 1.72 lakh hectares of agricultural space had been destroyed within the floods.

  • Uttarakhand monsoon ‘mayhem’: Red alert issued for seven districts; reduction groups on excessive alert

    Express News Service

    DEHRADUN: Rains lashed many locations in Uttarakhand on Sunday, triggering landslides that blocked a number of roads, together with the Badrinath nationwide freeway, officers stated.

    Uttarakhand, which is dealing with a pure water catastrophe as a result of torrential and damaging rains, has issued a ‘purple’ alert throughout seven districts for the subsequent three days.

    The State Meteorological Centre has issued a purple alert for Dehradun, Tehri, Pauri, Haridwar, Champawat, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar for July 17. At the identical time, there may be an orange alert throughout the state on July 18. Whereas, there’s a yellow alert of rain in all districts for July 19.

    Meteorological Department Director Dr Bikram Singh instructed TNIE: “A red alert has been declared in view of the possibility of lightning with heavy rains and thunderstorms.”

    Designated officers and departmental nodal officers of the IRS system of catastrophe administration have additionally been instructed to stay vigilant.

    State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Commandant Manikant Mishra instructed this newspaper, “Additional forces of SDRF’s water police have been deployed at sensitive waterlogged places so that rescue can be done in a short time in case of any untoward incidents.”

    According to info acquired from the District Disaster Management Control Room Haridwar, “The situation in rural areas remains stable due to lack of more rain on Sunday.”

    The abutment of a bridge on the Joshimath-Malari street was broken as a result of particles and extra water flowing into the Girthi Ganga river at Niti Ghati in Chamoli district’s Joshimath.

    “The platform of the Graf bridge on the Joshimath-Malari motorway has been damaged due to excessive water and debris in the Gruthi Ganga river, about eight kilometres from Malari to Sumna,” Joshimath SDM Kumkum Joshi instructed this newspaper.

    There was no motion of frequent folks on the stated motor bridge, which was solely utilized by the Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

    Meanwhile, rescue and reduction operations continued in flood-hit areas in Haridwar.

    National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, Army and police are finishing up the operations in Roorkee, Bhagwanpur, Laksar and Haridwar tehsils, the officers stated.

    In these tehsils, 3,756 households have been affected in 71 villages. Of these households, 81 have been shifted to reduction camps, they stated.

    Five folks have died in these areas because of the floods. Seven homes have been fully broken and 201 suffered partial harm. Seventeen roads and 9 bridges have additionally been broken because of the heavy rains in Haridwar, they added.

    The water degree within the Kali River in Pithoragarh district’s Dharchula has crossed the warning degree of 889 metres, whereas a number of different rivers, together with the Ganga, are flowing near the hazard mark, the officers stated.

    At 70 mm, Kapkot acquired the utmost rainfall within the state within the final 24 hours, in response to the State Emergency Operation Centre.

    Mussoorie acquired 61 mm of rainfall, Karnprayag 57 mm, Chamoli 54.4 mm, Nagthat 53 mm, Mohkampur 48 mm, Vikasnagar 41 mm and Uttarkashi 39 mm.

    The officers stated 2,000-3,000 cusecs of water have been launched from the Srinagar Hydro Electric Project dam within the Pauri district because the Alaknanda River was flowing above the warning degree, the officers stated.

    The State Emergency Operation Center has instructed the district magistrates of Tehri, Pauri, Dehradun and Haridwar to take mandatory precautions, they stated.

    (With extra inputs from PTI)

    DEHRADUN: Rains lashed many locations in Uttarakhand on Sunday, triggering landslides that blocked a number of roads, together with the Badrinath nationwide freeway, officers stated.

    Uttarakhand, which is dealing with a pure water catastrophe as a result of torrential and damaging rains, has issued a ‘purple’ alert throughout seven districts for the subsequent three days.

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    The State Meteorological Centre has issued a purple alert for Dehradun, Tehri, Pauri, Haridwar, Champawat, Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar for July 17. At the identical time, there may be an orange alert throughout the state on July 18. Whereas, there’s a yellow alert of rain in all districts for July 19.

    Meteorological Department Director Dr Bikram Singh instructed TNIE: “A red alert has been declared in view of the possibility of lightning with heavy rains and thunderstorms.”

    Designated officers and departmental nodal officers of the IRS system of catastrophe administration have additionally been instructed to stay vigilant.

    State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) Commandant Manikant Mishra instructed this newspaper, “Additional forces of SDRF’s water police have been deployed at sensitive waterlogged places so that rescue can be done in a short time in case of any untoward incidents.”

    According to info acquired from the District Disaster Management Control Room Haridwar, “The situation in rural areas remains stable due to lack of more rain on Sunday.”

    The abutment of a bridge on the Joshimath-Malari street was broken as a result of particles and extra water flowing into the Girthi Ganga river at Niti Ghati in Chamoli district’s Joshimath.

    “The platform of the Graf bridge on the Joshimath-Malari motorway has been damaged due to excessive water and debris in the Gruthi Ganga river, about eight kilometres from Malari to Sumna,” Joshimath SDM Kumkum Joshi instructed this newspaper.

    There was no motion of frequent folks on the stated motor bridge, which was solely utilized by the Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police.

    Meanwhile, rescue and reduction operations continued in flood-hit areas in Haridwar.

    National Disaster Response Force, State Disaster Response Force, Army and police are finishing up the operations in Roorkee, Bhagwanpur, Laksar and Haridwar tehsils, the officers stated.

    In these tehsils, 3,756 households have been affected in 71 villages. Of these households, 81 have been shifted to reduction camps, they stated.

    Five folks have died in these areas because of the floods. Seven homes have been fully broken and 201 suffered partial harm. Seventeen roads and 9 bridges have additionally been broken because of the heavy rains in Haridwar, they added.

    The water degree within the Kali River in Pithoragarh district’s Dharchula has crossed the warning degree of 889 metres, whereas a number of different rivers, together with the Ganga, are flowing near the hazard mark, the officers stated.

    At 70 mm, Kapkot acquired the utmost rainfall within the state within the final 24 hours, in response to the State Emergency Operation Centre.

    Mussoorie acquired 61 mm of rainfall, Karnprayag 57 mm, Chamoli 54.4 mm, Nagthat 53 mm, Mohkampur 48 mm, Vikasnagar 41 mm and Uttarkashi 39 mm.

    The officers stated 2,000-3,000 cusecs of water have been launched from the Srinagar Hydro Electric Project dam within the Pauri district because the Alaknanda River was flowing above the warning degree, the officers stated.

    The State Emergency Operation Center has instructed the district magistrates of Tehri, Pauri, Dehradun and Haridwar to take mandatory precautions, they stated.

    (With extra inputs from PTI)

  • Heavy rains trigger floods in Gujarat; Dharampur will get 234 mm in 24 hours

    By PTI

    AHMEDABAD: Heavy rains in a number of components of Gujarat created a flood-like state of affairs and led to many villages getting lower off, officers mentioned on Sunday.

    Some components of Valsad and Navsari districts obtained extraordinarily heavy rainfall in a 24-hour interval until Sunday morning, information from the State Emergency Operation Centre revealed.

    Several villages had been lower off as roads had been flooded or had been washed away, with the National and State Disaster Response Forces (NDRF and SDRF) engaged in operations to rescue stranded folks, officers mentioned.

    A 3-year-old woman died after falling right into a properly whereas scooping water out of her flooded home there on Friday, whereas our bodies of two males who had gone lacking after heavy rainfall had been discovered on Saturday by a rescue group, police added.

    Villages in Limbdi taluka of Surendranagar district had been lower off because of the flooding of method roads, with seven folks being rescued by native residents from one of many villages, state authorities officers mentioned.

    Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned the Gujarat authorities was taking all efforts to offer aid to folks amid heavy rains.

    He mentioned, “The government is working hard to provide all possible help to the people affected by the flood-like situation in many places due to heavy rains in Gujarat. Talked to Chief Minister @Bhupendrabjp and got information about the situation.”

    गुजरात में भारी बारिश के कारण कई जगह उत्पन्न हुई बाढ़ जैसी स्थिति से प्रभावित लोगों को सरकार हर संभव मदद पहुँचाने में पूरी तन्मयता से जुटी है। मैंने मुख्यमंत्री श्री @Bhupendrapbjp जी से बात कर स्थिति की जानकारी ली। NDRF व SDRF की टीमें और स्थानीय प्रशासन इन क्षेत्रों में लोगों…

    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) July 2, 2023

    “Teams of NDRF and SDRF as well as local administration are busy helping people in these areas. The central and state governments stand with the people in these difficult times,” Shah tweeted.

    In the final 24 hours, the state has obtained 32 millimetres of common rainfall, with Dharampur taluka in Valsad district main with 234 mm, the SEOC mentioned.

    It mentioned 205 talukas of the state obtained a major quantity of rainfall, with components of Valsad, Navsari, Junagadh, Amreli, Chhota Udepur, Ahmedabad and Surendranagar districts receiving between 100-234 mm of rain.

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned heavy rains had been very probably at remoted locations within the districts of south Gujarat and Saurashtra until Monday morning.

    The IMD, in its newest forecast, additionally mentioned a number of components of Gujarat are prone to obtain gentle to reasonable rainfall in the course of the subsequent 5 days.

    AHMEDABAD: Heavy rains in a number of components of Gujarat created a flood-like state of affairs and led to many villages getting lower off, officers mentioned on Sunday.

    Some components of Valsad and Navsari districts obtained extraordinarily heavy rainfall in a 24-hour interval until Sunday morning, information from the State Emergency Operation Centre revealed.

    Several villages had been lower off as roads had been flooded or had been washed away, with the National and State Disaster Response Forces (NDRF and SDRF) engaged in operations to rescue stranded folks, officers mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    A 3-year-old woman died after falling right into a properly whereas scooping water out of her flooded home there on Friday, whereas our bodies of two males who had gone lacking after heavy rainfall had been discovered on Saturday by a rescue group, police added.

    Villages in Limbdi taluka of Surendranagar district had been lower off because of the flooding of method roads, with seven folks being rescued by native residents from one of many villages, state authorities officers mentioned.

    Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned the Gujarat authorities was taking all efforts to offer aid to folks amid heavy rains.

    He mentioned, “The government is working hard to provide all possible help to the people affected by the flood-like situation in many places due to heavy rains in Gujarat. Talked to Chief Minister @Bhupendrabjp and got information about the situation.”

    गुजरात में भारी बारिश के कारण कई जगह उत्पन्न हुई बाढ़ जैसी स्थिति से प्रभावित लोगों को सरकार हर संभव मदद पहुँचाने में पूरी तन्मयता से जुटी है। मैंने मुख्यमंत्री श्री @Bhupendrapbjp जी से बात कर स्थिति की जानकारी ली। NDRF व SDRF की टीमें और स्थानीय प्रशासन इन क्षेत्रों में लोगों…
    — Amit Shah (@AmitShah) July 2, 2023
    “Teams of NDRF and SDRF as well as local administration are busy helping people in these areas. The central and state governments stand with the people in these difficult times,” Shah tweeted.

    In the final 24 hours, the state has obtained 32 millimetres of common rainfall, with Dharampur taluka in Valsad district main with 234 mm, the SEOC mentioned.

    It mentioned 205 talukas of the state obtained a major quantity of rainfall, with components of Valsad, Navsari, Junagadh, Amreli, Chhota Udepur, Ahmedabad and Surendranagar districts receiving between 100-234 mm of rain.

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned heavy rains had been very probably at remoted locations within the districts of south Gujarat and Saurashtra until Monday morning.

    The IMD, in its newest forecast, additionally mentioned a number of components of Gujarat are prone to obtain gentle to reasonable rainfall in the course of the subsequent 5 days.

  • Nearly 21,000 affected by flood in Assam

    By PTI

    GUWAHATI:  Nearly 21,000 individuals have been affected by flood in Assam, an official bulletin mentioned on Wednesday.

    According to the each day flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), greater than 20,900 individuals have been hit attributable to flooding in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts.

    Over 20,700 individuals are struggling in Lakhimpur whereas 160 individuals have been affected in Dhemaji, it mentioned.

    Currently, 19 villages have been inundated and crops in over 13.5 hectares of land have been broken, the bulletin mentioned.

    However, in different districts together with Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dima Hasao, Dibrugarh and Golaghat districts, floodwaters haven’t entered homes however embankments, roads, bridges and different infrastructure have been broken.

    The flood was precipitated after the northeastern state acquired heavy rainfall over the previous couple of days. No river, nevertheless, is flowing above the hazard mark as of now, the bulletin mentioned.

    Meanwhile, the Guwahati-based Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) mentioned that heavy rainfall is anticipated within the Northeast over the following 5 days.

    “Moisture incursion attributable to sturdy low-level southerly/southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal to Northeast India could be very possible in the course of the subsequent 5 days.

    Under its affect, pretty widespread rainfall exercise with heavy to very heavy with extraordinarily heavy rainfall/thunderstorm with lightning could be very prone to happen over the northeastern area in the course of the subsequent 5 days,” it mentioned in a press release.

    For the following three days, the RMC issued an ‘orange alert’, adopted by a ‘yellow alert’ for the next two days.

    ‘Yellow alert’ stands for watch and be up to date, whereas ‘orange alert’ implies to be ready for motion.

    GUWAHATI:  Nearly 21,000 individuals have been affected by flood in Assam, an official bulletin mentioned on Wednesday.

    According to the each day flood report of the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), greater than 20,900 individuals have been hit attributable to flooding in Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts.

    Over 20,700 individuals are struggling in Lakhimpur whereas 160 individuals have been affected in Dhemaji, it mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Currently, 19 villages have been inundated and crops in over 13.5 hectares of land have been broken, the bulletin mentioned.

    However, in different districts together with Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Darrang, Dhemaji, Dima Hasao, Dibrugarh and Golaghat districts, floodwaters haven’t entered homes however embankments, roads, bridges and different infrastructure have been broken.

    The flood was precipitated after the northeastern state acquired heavy rainfall over the previous couple of days. No river, nevertheless, is flowing above the hazard mark as of now, the bulletin mentioned.

    Meanwhile, the Guwahati-based Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) mentioned that heavy rainfall is anticipated within the Northeast over the following 5 days.

    “Moisture incursion attributable to sturdy low-level southerly/southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal to Northeast India could be very possible in the course of the subsequent 5 days.

    Under its affect, pretty widespread rainfall exercise with heavy to very heavy with extraordinarily heavy rainfall/thunderstorm with lightning could be very prone to happen over the northeastern area in the course of the subsequent 5 days,” it mentioned in a press release.

    For the following three days, the RMC issued an ‘orange alert’, adopted by a ‘yellow alert’ for the next two days.

    ‘Yellow alert’ stands for watch and be up to date, whereas ‘orange alert’ implies to be ready for motion.

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  • 13 lifeless in floods, landslides in Philippines

    The dying toll from Christmas day rains and flooding within the southern Philippines has risen to 13, in response to the nation’s catastrophe administration council, with an additional 23 individuals nonetheless lacking.

    New Delhi,UPDATED: Dec 28, 2022 09:57 IST

    A rescuer helps individuals affected by floods in Gingoog metropolis, Philippines (Photo: Reuters)

    By India Today Web Desk: As many as 13 individuals died and over 20 are nonetheless lacking in flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rain in southern elements of the Philippines on Christmas day.

    Heavy rain triggered flash floods and landslides on Sunday. Homes had been swept away and roads flooded resulting from overflowing rivers, the Independent reported.

    Ph Red Cross deploys its water search and rescue (wasar) groups to rescue residents of 10 Gingoog City barangays affected by flash floods on Christmas Day. pic.twitter.com/k1mkafPNXZ
    — Philippine Red Cross (@philredcross) December 25, 2022

    The seek for 23 lacking individuals from the floods, that led to almost 46,000 evacuations, continues to be ongoing, reported native media.

    Nearly 46,000 persons are in evacuation centres as photographs and movies on social media confirmed the extent of the harm brought on by the floods.

    “We need food. Our house and animals were carried away by floods,” a Philippines resident was quoted as saying by native media.

    Most of the 13 reported deaths had been brought on by drowning and flash floods, the report mentioned, including that rehabilitation work is ongoing.

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  • Gonda News: Flood waters took the lives of two harmless brothers and sisters by drowning within the pond

    Gonda: Two harmless youngsters Sunny 5 years and Lakshmi 3 years had been taking part in exterior the home of Danpal resident of Majra Khale Purwa village of Charasdi village of Paraspur police station space of ​​the district. Suddenly he reached close to the pond at a distance of about 20 meters from the home whereas taking part in and began drowning within the pond. The household began making noise and making an attempt to save lots of within the pond. By then each the harmless youngsters had drowned. Hearing the noise, all of the individuals of the village reached. An enormous crowd of individuals gathered on the spot.

    Rescue was began by the villagers to rescue the kids from the pond. After a tough battle of about 2 hours, each the harmless youngsters had been pulled out of the pond by the villagers. In a rush, the household took them to Paraspur Primary Health Center the place the docs declared each the harmless youngsters lifeless.

    The dying of a brother and sister in the identical household brought about a furore within the household. The home wherein the cries of the harmless resonated. There was mourning there at present. The household was knowledgeable about this painful incident to the police.

    The police, who reached the spot, took possession of the our bodies of each the harmless youngsters and despatched them for autopsy after Panchnama. After this accident, silence has unfold in the entire village. The floods of Ghaghra and Saryu river destroyed a laughing household. Till now many individuals have misplaced their lives because of flood water within the district.

    In this regard, SHO Paraspur Shamsher Bahadur Singh stated that on receiving the knowledge, instantly after reaching the spot, the our bodies of each the harmless youngsters had been taken in possession and despatched for autopsy after Panchnama. He instructed that at a distance of about 20 meters from the home, the kids instantly reached close to the pond whereas taking part in and began drowning in it, until the household may perceive one thing, the kids drowned within the pond. After quite a lot of efforts by the villagers, each the harmless youngsters had been pulled out however by then that they had died. Other authorized motion is being taken by informing the upper authorities concerning the incident.
    Input – Vishal Singh

  • Heavy rains in Jammu trigger landslides, block Jammu-Kashmir freeway 

    By PTI

    JAMMU: Several landslides on Sunday blocked the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway in Ramban district as heavy rains lashed large components of Jammu province in a single day, officers stated.

    Landslides and capturing of stones from hillocks overlooking the strategic freeway at Cafeteria and Mehad pressured the suspension of vehicular visitors, the officers stated.

    The recent landslides had been triggered by the heavy rains in a single day, they stated.

    The officers stated efforts had been on to make sure early restoration of the highway- the one all-weather street linking Kashmir with the remainder of the nation.

    Jammu metropolis and different components of the district obtained heavy rains in a single day, rendering many roads waterlogged and commuters incapacitated.

    Jammu metropolis recorded 95.7 mm, Udhampur 92.6 mm, and Kathua 42.0 mm of rainfall over the previous 24 hours ending 8.30 am Sunday, the officers stated.

    Katra, the bottom camp for the pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district, witnessed 14 mm of rainfall.

    The climate workplace has forecast extra rainfall at many locations throughout the Union Territory within the subsequent 48 hours with chance of heavy showers at a couple of locations within the Jammu area.

    JAMMU: Several landslides on Sunday blocked the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar nationwide freeway in Ramban district as heavy rains lashed large components of Jammu province in a single day, officers stated.

    Landslides and capturing of stones from hillocks overlooking the strategic freeway at Cafeteria and Mehad pressured the suspension of vehicular visitors, the officers stated.

    The recent landslides had been triggered by the heavy rains in a single day, they stated.

    The officers stated efforts had been on to make sure early restoration of the highway- the one all-weather street linking Kashmir with the remainder of the nation.

    Jammu metropolis and different components of the district obtained heavy rains in a single day, rendering many roads waterlogged and commuters incapacitated.

    Jammu metropolis recorded 95.7 mm, Udhampur 92.6 mm, and Kathua 42.0 mm of rainfall over the previous 24 hours ending 8.30 am Sunday, the officers stated.

    Katra, the bottom camp for the pilgrims visiting Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district, witnessed 14 mm of rainfall.

    The climate workplace has forecast extra rainfall at many locations throughout the Union Territory within the subsequent 48 hours with chance of heavy showers at a couple of locations within the Jammu area.