"In view of heavy rainfall, tomorrow, 23 August (Saturday), all government, non-government, and private schools from classes 1 to 12, along with all Anganwadi centers, will remain closed in Pithoragarh district," the Uttarakhand DIPR mentioned in a post on X.
Following heavy rainfall in Porbandar for two consecutive days and subsequent waterlogging, the situation became normal on Friday. District Collector SD Dhanani said that one woman lost her life after she was struck by lightning.
During the meeting, CM Dhami apprised the Union Minister about the extensive damage to infrastructure, particularly in the Dharali area of Uttarkashi district, following heavy rainfall and a cloudburst earlier this month.
Three hundred forty-six roads, including one national highway (NH-305), remained blocked, while 281 distribution transformers were out of service, cutting power to several areas. A total of 145 water supply schemes were also disrupted due to landslides, flash floods, and heavy rainfall.
The Meteorological Centre (Met Centre), Ahmedabad, has issued a nowcast warning of extremely heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and squalls for 10 districts, including Devbhoomi Dwarka, Porbandar, Junagadh, Surat and Valsad.
Pakistan's internet services have been fully restored nationwide after a disruption caused by heavy rainfall, ARY News reported, citing Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL) statement.
In view of continuous heavy rainfall across Karnataka's Dharwad district over the past few days, all Anganwadi centres, primary and high schools, pre-university colleges, and degree colleges in the district will remain closed on August 20, Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu said.
Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Roshan said the district administration is closely monitoring the situation, and a decision regarding declaring a holiday for Wednesday will be taken by the evening, based on further developments.
Amid persistent heavy rainfall in the city, a monorail train near Mysore Colony station in Mumbai broke down due to a power supply failure on Tuesday evening, prompting a swift rescue operation by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), fire department personnel, and police.