Rains cause flood-like situation in country, 25 dead in Guj

Heavy rains led to flood-like situations in several parts of the country with at least 25 people perishing in Gujarat and four of a family swept away by gushing waters in Jharkhand even as things improved slightly in deluge-affected Assam.
According to the MeT department, several parts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh are expected to receive "heavy to very heavy rainfall" till tomorrow.
The national capital experienced sultry weather condition with the maximum temperature recorded at 35 degrees Celsius and the minimum at 26.4 degrees Celsius. Humidity levels oscillated between 93 and 59 per cent.
At least 25 people, including 14 of a family, were found dead in two villages of Banaskantha district due to floods following torrential rains in Gujarat.

According to the State Emergency Operation Centre, the toll due to heavy rains and floods across the state in the current monsoon season stood at 94 till yesterday.
Of the 25 found dead in Banaskantha, 17 people, including 14 of a family, drowned in the flood waters in Kharia village under the Kankrej taluka, an official said.

Around 1.5 lakh cusecs of water was released from the dam following heavy rains in neighbouring Rajasthan, which resulted in inundation of several villages along the banks of the river in Banaskantha.
State Emergency Operation Centre officials said as per the latest figures available with them -- excluding the 25 deaths reported today -- eight people had died in Banaskantha and Patan districts in the last two days due to the floods.

In Rajasthan, the Army has rescued 27 people from areas which faced flood-like situation over the last two days due to heavy downpour even as the situation improved gradually.
As many as 15 people were killed in rain-related incidents, 640 were rescued and 2,225 evacuated to safer places in Jalore, Sirohi, Pali and Barmer districts since Monday, an official has said.
Meanwhile, heavy to extremely heavy rainfall occurred at isolated places in Jodhpur and Udaipur divisions since yesterday while the weatherman has warned of heavy rainfall in southeast and southwest parts of the state till tomorrow.
Mount Abu in Sirohi recorded 32 cm of rains while Banswara and Kumbhalgarh (Rajsamand) received 13 and 11 cm of precipitation respectively since yesterday.

In Himachal Pradesh, the under-construction south portal of Rohtang Tunnel near Dhundi, 25 km from Manali, was damaged by a massive landslide triggered by rains leading to blocking of the Manali-Rohtang highway.
Dharamshala was wettest in the state with 80 mm of rains followed by Palampur 66 mm, Gohar 49 mm, Baijnath 46 mm and Nadaun 36 mm.
There was no significant change in day temperatures and Una was hottest with amaximum of 35.5 degrees Celsius followed by Bhuntar 32 degrees Celsius and Sundernagar 30.8 degrees Celsius.
Sultry weather conditions prevailed in most places of Haryana and Punjab, including in Chandigarh, with maximum temperatures hovering above normal levels.

Hisar in Haryana registered a high of 34.8 degrees Celsius after light rains, while Ambala recorded a maximum of 34.9 degrees Celsius.
In Punjab, Amritsar recorded a high of 35 degrees Celsius while Ludhiana and Patiala recorded maximums at 33.5 degrees Celsius and 34.5 degrees Celsius.
Parts of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha region were lashed by rains but there was no significant change in maximum temperatures.
Chandrapur in Maharashtra recorded the highest maximum temperature of 34 degrees Celsius.
The flood situation in Assam improved substantially even as over 13,000 people across seven districts in the state were still affected. Altogether 79 people have lost their lives in flood-related incidents.

Till yesterday, 23,000 people in nine districts were affected by the deluge.
The authorities are running 14 relief camps and distribution centres in five districts.
Currently, waters of Dhansiri river was flowing above the danger mark at Numaligarh in Golaghat.
In West Bengal, West Burdwan, Bankura and Purulia have received very heavy rains since Saturday, leading to inundation of several areas, with the rivers in this region are in spate.
Bankura recorded 116.8 mm rainfall since yesterday, the highest in the state for the day, while Asansol in West Burdwan followed closely at 101.8 mm each.
Light to moderate rainfall in many parts of the state kept the temperature at a comfortable level in Bihar today.

Patna recorded 1.2 mm rainfall since yesterday, Gaya registered 16.4 mm of rain while it was 31.1 mm in Bhagalpur.
The maximum temperature was 31.5 degrees Celsius in Patna and 29.2 degrees Celsius at Gaya.
According to an official, the water levels of rivers Baitarani, Brahmani, Burhabalang and Jalaka are falling or are steady due to less rainfall in the upper catchment areas.
The flood situation in Balasore district was improving with the Subarnarekha river, the water level of which rose yesterday and was still above danger level at Rajghat near Jaleswar, was going down gradually.
However, the weatherman has warned of heavy rainfall in one or two places over north Odisha during the next two days.

In Jharkhand, an ambulance with four members of a family were washed away by the waters from the overflowing Koel river in Lohardaga district.