Two labourers died while four were severely injured due to lightning strike in the Kachhar village under the Bakswaha police station area in the Chhatarpur district, according to the police on Saturday.
In the wake of devastating rains and havoc in Himachal Pradesh, the Disaster Management Authority on Saturday stated that so far, a loss of Rs 5077.41 crore has been estimated in the state.
"We have 41 unclaimed bodies. People are coming to us and we are handing over the bodies after matching DNA samples," said Dr (Prof) Ashutosh Biswas, Director, AIIMS Bhubaneswar, Odisha
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in isolated areas in Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts for Sunday.
"Based on the requisition of the District administration, one Mi-17 V5 helicopter is being inducted from Nagpur to evacuate 40 people stranded due to floods in Yuvatmal district," said Wing commander (Wg Cd) Ratnakar Singh, Defence PRO Nagpur.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde will adopt the kids who lost both parents in the recent landslide at Irshalwadi village in Raigad district of the state, said the Shiv Sena.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) continued search and rescue operations at the Raigad Irshalgad landslide-hit area on Saturday. So far, 22 dead bodies have been recovered from the site, according to officials.