The death toll in rain-related incidents in Kerala rose to 15 on Monday, as several parts of the state continued to report severe waterlogging, flash floods and landslips in high-range areas.
Chief Minister VD Satheesan convened meetings in Thiruvananthapuram with top disaster management officials, revenue officials, district collectors and cabinet ministers to review the situation. He later told reporters that floodwaters in some parts of the state, especially in Alappuzha and Pathanamthitta districts, had not receded as expected, but said the situation was under control.
The death toll in Assam floods increased to 87 with two more fatalities reported, while over 1.28 lakh people in seven districts remained affected by the deluge, according to an official bulletin on Monday. The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), in its report, said both deaths were reported from the worst-hit Sivasagar district.
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{{/usCountry}}The seven districts still reeling under flood were Charaideo, Sivasagar, Dhemaji, Golaghat, Biswanath, Jorhat and Lakhimpur, where 380 villages and 14,230.148 hectares of crop area remained inundated.
In north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, a 52-year-old woman died after a column of water swept her away as a cloudburst struck the Himli area of Lolab. Police said Naseema Begum was in an agricultural field near a small nallah when she was caught in flash floods triggered by the cloudburst.
Heavy rains lashed parts of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the closure of the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway (NH-44) and triggering flash floods several parts of Kashmir.