Delhi residents on Thursday morning witnessed traffic congestion due to severe water-logging following heavy rain that lashed parts of the national capital.
Following a request from the Gujarat government, six columns of the Indian Army are conducting rescue operations in the worst-affected areas as the flood-like situation continues in parts of the state due to incessant rainfall.
Severe waterlogging and traffic congestion were witnessed in several parts of Delhi after spells of heavy rain lashed the capital city on Thursday morning.
Japan Meteorological Agency said that Typhoon Shanshan has made landfall on Japan's southwestern island of Kyushu on Thursday morning, bringing with it heavy rain and powerful winds, Kyodo News reported.
Gujarat Health Minister Rushikesh Patel said that more than 5000 people were rehabilitated and over 12,000 people rescued till Wednesday from the floods following the heavy rains that lashed the city of Vadodara.
Thirty-one people have lost their lives, 2 injured and 1 person is missing in the recent floods caused by continuous rainfall from August 19 to 23 in Tripura, the state government said on Wednesday.
The state of Himachal Pradesh has been experiencing heavy rainfall over the past 24 hours, which has caused significant disruption in the hill resort town of Shimla.
As heavy rains wreaked panic in several parts of Gujarat, State Minister Praful Pansheriya said that the flood situation in Morbi was now under control.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an advisory of isolated heavy rainfall for all districts of Uttarakhand except Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar district