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Rain Today Highlights: Toll due to cloudburst in Himachal surges to 8, search for 45 missing continues
Rain Today Highlights: Rescue operations to trace 45 missing people in Himachal after the cloud burst incidents began again on Friday
Rain Today Highlights: Death toll in Himachal Pradesh due to flash floods climbed to 8 on Friday as three more bodies were recovered during rescue operations. The flash floods in Nirmand, Sainj and Malana areas in Kullu, Padhar in Mandi and Rampur in Shimla districts of state were triggered by cloudburst incidents. The search for 45 people who are missing still continues....Read More
Rescue operations to trace 45 missing people in Himachal Pradesh after the cloud burst incidents in three districts of the state began again on Friday, reported PTI. IMD has issued a red alert warning for Friday in Kullu, Mandi and Kangara districts in Himachal Pradesh on Thursday.
Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu along with Education Minister Rohit Thakur visited Samej on the border of Shimla and Kullu district to take stock of the situation and talk to the victims, reported PTI.
BJP Lok Sabha MP from Handi in Himachal Pradesh, Kangana Ranaut on Friday expressed her condolences to the state after it was hit by flash floods triggered by cloud burst incidents which hit the state on Wednesday. She assured that PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have taken stock of the situation and would do the needful and she hopes to go there after her work in Delhi is done.
Flight operations to and fro Kazi Nazrul Islam (KNI) airport in Andal, Bengal have been temporarily suspended due to waterlogging in airport premises due to consistent rainfall overnight. Several places at the approach road to the airport were also waterlogged.
Around three flights including two from New Delhi and Bengaluru have been cancelled for the day, an official told PTI.
A senior official in Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand said on Friday that as many as 3,000 people have been rescued after rain wreaked havoc on the state on Wednesday. Uttarakhand Disaster Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman, also added that there are still about 1,000 left to be rescued in Kedarnath
IMD has predicted that Uttarakhand will receive heavy rainfall till Saturday. In the landslide-stricken state, heavy overnight rain on Thursday in Uttarakhand claimed at least 14 lives, flattened homes and left several areas submerged, reported news agency PTI
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In Wayanad, situation remains grim with death toll hitting 318 in the rain-triggered landslides which happened during the early hours of Tuesday in Mundakkai, Chooralmala and Attamala regions, reported OnManorama as 10:11 am on Friday. A orange alert has been issued in the district by the Indian Meteorological Department.
The death toll reached 190 on Thursday reported PTI with more than 225 others injured, mostly in the worst-hit areas of Mundakkai and Chooralmala, an official told.
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The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for Kasaragod, Kannur, Kozhikode and Malappuram districts on Friday and educational institutions will remain shut in Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod districts, reported OnManorama. In Palakkad, district collector has declared holiday for schools, anganwadis, tuition centres and madrasas. Schools in Ernakulam and Idukki which are running relief camps are also shut down.
Rain Today Live Updates: NDRF teams deployed in Ranchi and Deoghar to rescue people from low-lying areas
Rain Today Live Updates: NDRF teams were deployed in Ranchi and Deoghar on Friday to rescue people from low-lying areas affected by persistent rains. The IMD has issued a 'red alert' for extremely heavy rainfall in seven districts of Jharkhand and an 'orange alert' for four other districts.
Rain Today Live Updates: IAF presses Chinook and MI-17 helicopters into Uttarakhand rescue operations
Rain Today Live Updates: Chinook and MI-17 helicopters of the Indian Air Force joined rescue operations in Uttarakhand on Friday to evacuate pilgrims stranded along the rain-ravaged trek route to Kedarnath.
Rain Today Live Updates: Drones deployed in Himachal Pradesh to trace people missing in flash floods
Rain Today Live Updates: Rescuers have deployed drones in a major effort to locate approximately 45 people still missing following flash floods in three Himachal Pradesh districts. Officials reported on Friday that the death toll has risen to eight.
Rain Today Live Updates: Former Himachal CM Jai Ram briefs PM Modi on damage caused by cloudbursts
Rain Today Live Updates: Former Himachal Pradesh chief minister Jai Ram Thakur Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and apprised him of the damage caused by cloudbursts and floods in Shimla, Kullu and Mandi districts.
Rain Today Live Updates: Restoration work underway at Kullu-Manali highway
Rain Today Live Updates: After a cloudburst damaged the road, restoration work has finally started on the Kullu-Manali highway
Rain Today Live Updates: Manali Chandigarh National Highway 3 affected by Himachal floods
Rain Today Live Updates: Manali-Chandigarh National Highway 3 near Raison area in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh, has been affected by the floods and swelling waters which have stopped vehicles and damaged sides of the road as well.
Rain Today Live Updates: Rescue operations ongoing, death toll at 308 in Wayanad landslides
Rain Today Live Updates: Search and rescue operations continue in landslide-affected areas in Kerala's Wayanad district. The death toll stands at 308.
Rain Today Live Updates: IMD says rainfall likely to pick up in central, northwest and east India over 3-4 days
Rain Today Live Updates: In it's August 2 forecast, the IMD said that rain would likely increase in central, northwest and east India in the next 3-4 days. States like east Madhya Pradesh and Tripura can expect heavy rainfall.
Rain Today Live Updates: Death toll in Himachal Pradesh climbs to 8 on Friday
Rain Today Live Updates: Death toll in Himachal Pradesh due to flash floods climbed to 8 on Friday as three more bodies were recovered after during rescue operations.
Rain Today Live Updates: Flight operations suspended in Andal airport in Bengal due to waterlogging caused by rain
Rain Today Live Updates: Flight operations temporarily suspended in Andal Kazi Nazrul Islam (KNI) airpor airport in Bengal due to waterlogging caused by incessant rainfall in the area
Rain Today Live Updates: Congress promises to build more than 100 houses in Wayanad says, Rahul Gandhi
Rain Today Live Updates: 3,000 rescued in Uttarakhand, 1,000 still stranded on the Kedarnath route, says official
Rain Today Live Updates: 3,000 rescued in Uttarakhand, 1,000 still stranded on the Kedarnath route which was destroyed in the heavy rain on Wednesday, an official told ANI
Rain Today Live Updates: Wayanad officials brief Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi on landslide crisis
Rain Today Live Updates: On Friday, Congress Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, and other leaders were briefed by the Wayanad district administration and forest officers in Chooralmala, Meppadi about the landslide situation, which has resulted in nearly 300 fatalities so far.
Rain Today Live Updates: Malana village cut off from Kullu in Himachal due to landslide amid heavy rainfall
Rain Today Live Updates: Monsoon to remain active in Rajasthan for the next 5-7 days, says Japiur Met Centre Director
Rain Today Live Updates: Radheshyam Sharma, Director of Jaipur Meteorological Centre said on Friday that monsoon will remain active in Rajasthan for the next 5-7 days, reported PTI.
Rain Today Live Updates: HC to hear plea on alleged negligence against authorities leading to the death of a mother and child in Delhi on Aug 5
Rain Today Live Updates: Delhi Hight Court to hear on August 5 plea for action against authorities for alleged negligence leading to death of woman and her 3-year-old son who drowned and died after falling into waterlogged drain on July 31
Rain Today Live Updates: Uttarakhand CM says 5000 people have successfully rescued so far from the after-effects of cloudburst
Rain Today Live Updates: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said, “So far, 5,000 people have been successfully rescued. Rescue operations will continue throughout the day today. We had requested the PMO to send an Mi helicopter, which has been sent here. If the weather permits, all the Kedarnath yatris will be evacuated to safer places by today evening.”
Rain Today Live Updates: Handi MP Kangana Ranaut expresses her condolences to Himachal
Rain Today Live Updates: Handi MP Kangana Ranaut expresses her condolences to Himachal, she said, “Every year such tragedies come and damage the lives and property of the people of Himachal Pradesh. The PM and the Union HM have taken reports for all the things and have given assurance that more help through relief funds will be provided.”
Rain Today Live Updates: Wooden hoarding collapses in Thane, Maharashtra; three vehicles damaged
Rain Today Live Updates: A wooden hoarding collapsed in Thane on Friday at 10:18 in the morning at Sahajanand Chowk of Kalyan. No casualities reported, three vehicles damaged.
Rain Today Live Updates: There is no situation of disaster in Kedarnath, assures, VK Suman, Secretary-Disaster Management, Uttarakhand
Rain Today Live Updates: "There is no heavy rainfall or any situation of a disaster in Kedarnath. Work is underway to rescue people from Lincholi & Bhimboli using 4 helicopters" said VK Suman, Secretary-Disaster Management, Uttarakhand
Rain Today Live Updates: Rescue operations to trace 45 missing people in Himachal underway
Rain Today Live Updates: Rescue operations to find 45 people who went missing after cloudburst incident in Himachal underway.
Rain Today Live Updates: Indian Army found 4 people alive in Padavetti Kunnu, Wayanad
Rain Today Live Updates: Indian Army found four people, two men and two women alive in Padavetti Kunnu, Wayanad. One of the rescued women is experiencing difficulties with her leg and is receiving necessary medical attention, said the Indian army, reported ANI
Rain Today Live Updates: IMD predicts Delhi to receive light rain during the day
Rain Today Live Updates: IMD predicts Delhi to receive light rain during the day with thunderstorms after receiving light showers on Thursday.
Rain Today Live Updates: Tawa Dam in Narmadapuram in Madhya Pradesh opened after rains in the region
Rain Today Live Updates: Tawa Dam in Narmadapuram in Madhya Pradesh opened after rains in the region
Rain Today Live Updates: Wayanad landslide death toll crosses 300, says reports
Rain Today Live Updates: Wayanad landslide death toll reached 318, reported OnManorama
