Rain news Highlights: 14 stranded tourists rescued in U'khand's Tehri

Rescuers looked for the 20 missing people in the Gaurikund landslide incident for the third day in the inclement weather.

A total of 23 people were missing after the landslide in Gaurikund in Rudraprayag. Three bodies were recovered from the debris on Friday.

"The search operation was being carried out by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), SDRF, police and fire brigade teams in difficult circumstances. So far there is no clue of the missing," Rudraprayag's District Disaster Management Officer Nandan Singh Rajwar said.

Rain lashes parts of Sitapur, UP; water logging witnessed in several parts of the city.

At least 14 stranded tourists including two children were rescued from Panna Resort under the Kumalda area of ​​Tehri district with the help of JCB: Tehri's District Disaster Officer Brijesh Bhatt

Thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of Deoband, Muzaffarnagar, Bijnaur, Hastinapur, and Amroha (U.P.) Light to moderate intensity rain would occur over and adjoining areas of isolated places in South Delhi ( Ayanagar, Deramandi) & Indirapuram, Gurugram during the next 2 hours: RWFC New Delhi (IMD)

Heavy to very heavy rainfall was predicted for Bihar till August 8. The IMD has put the state on orange alert, warning about localised flooding amid increased rain activities. It said rainfall upto 204.4 mm may be recorded during the period.

Two children died and their grandfather was injured after a wall of their house collapsed on them while they were asleep in the early hours of Sunday following heavy rainfall in a village here, police said.

The traffic was restored on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway after the road was blocked due to a landslide in the area.

The weather department forecast generally cloudy skies with light rainfall in Delhi on Sunday. It said the maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to settle around 33 and 27 degrees Celsius respectively.

An State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) team launched a relief and rescue operation after waterlogging in Bhopalpani village in Uttarakhand's Dehradun, following heavy rainfall on Saturday night.

With the monsoon having entered its break phase, the state may experience a rainfall deficit in August. While normal rainfall in August is 32.10 mm, the state has so far received 18.40 mm rainfall between August 1 and 3. Likewise, all four meteorological sub-divisions of the state are experiencing rainfall deficit this month.

The heavy rains that wreaked havoc with several parts of Telangana in two spells between July 18 and 28 resulted in the death of 44 persons and caused overall damages to roads, irrigation structures, drinking water lines and power infrastructure to the extent of ₹4,565 crore, the state government told the assembly on Friday.

A landslide blocked the 270-km Jammu-Srinagar national highway -- the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country -- near Keela Morh, the officials said Sunday. In view of the situation, the Amarnath Yatris were stopped at the Chankerkote Yatri Niwas in Ramban district.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that there was no major rain warning for the state for the next two days. However, light to moderate rain or thundershower is likely at many places in North Interior Odisha and at a few places in the remaining parts of the state on Saturday and Sunday.

The IMD has forecast more rain and issued a yellow warning for Himachal Pradesh on Sunday. However, it also forecast that people will get respite from the rain after August 6 for four days

The weather station in Jharkhand's Ranchi put northern districts inluding Giridih, Dumka, Pakur, Deoghar among others on a yellow alert for Sunday. In these regions, some places may witness isolated heavy rainfall, the weather office predicted. Other districts such as Ranchi, Dhanbad, Latehar, Khunti remained on a 'green' alert as no significant rainfall activity was anticipated, the prediction further said.

Around 6 lakh people have been affected due to heavy rain and floods in the rivers like Mahanadi, Brahmani, Baitarani, Salandi and some other small tributaries, the officials have said. The weather said the state would get a brief respite from rain activities till Monday.

The weather department forecast generally cloudy skies with light rainfall for Delhi on Sunday. The region had received a fresh spell of rain on Saturday morning.