Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) were deployed in Kutch, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Navsari, which were some of the worst-affected districts, officials said.
IMD Mumbai has predicted moderate to heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs with the possibility of very heavy rainfall likely at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai, Thane and Palghar during the next 3-4 hours.
Heavy monsoon rains, coupled with strong winds, lashed across areas such as Shangla's Bisham tehsil and Hazara's Kohistan, Battagram, and Torghar districts. The rains caused streams and rivers to overflow, bringing rubble along with them. This led to blockades and road closures, cutting off
Following the heavy rainfall in the district for the last three days, many road connectivity were affected, there was also water-logging on the premises of the government offices which include Home Guard office and office of Department of Horticulture and Food Processing. As a result, the bo
Due to active monsoon conditions enhanced rainfall activity with heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected at a few places over parts of Konkan and adjoining ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra during the next 2-3 days," the IMD stated.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in Dang, Valsad, Surat, Tapi and Dadranagar Haveli on Thursday. Heavy rain is forecasted in Saurashtra and North Gujarat on Friday. Heavy rain is forecast in Gir Somnath, Amreli, Rajkot and Junagadh.
"The work of smoothening the blocked Badrinath National Highway in Chamoli, Chhinka is going on. About 100 meters of the highway has been blocked due to a heavy landslide from a hill near Chhinka on Thursday morning due to rain. To remove heavy debris from the highway, additional machines ha
"Monsoon is in its advanced stage and is active. We can see clouds over Kokan, Goa, Central India, as well as Northeastern states," according to IMD senior scientist who has predicted heavy rainfall (more than 12 cm) in Madhya Pradesh over the next two days.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) commissioner I S Chahal yesterday inspected various flood-prone locations, including Mithi river and Gandhi Market in King's Circle and instructed ward-level officers to closely monitor the situation in subways.