Weather today highlights: Flash flood warning in Himachal, Bengal to see continuous rain

Weather today highlights: Parts of Bengal will continue to see heavy downpour over the weekend, according to IMD.

Weather today highlights: Rain across India has caused havoc, with reports of severe waterlogging, uprooted trees, traffic snarls, and deaths coming in from several states. On Friday, several states across India witnessed continuous heavy downpour and battled rain fury. In Bengal, the IMD has predicted that heavy rains will continue over the weekend. In Mizoram, around 80 families had to be relocated to safer locations due to rainfall. Incidents such as landslides and rockfalls were also reported at around 29 locations across the state, said officials. Fortunately, no casualties were reported.

In Himachal Pradesh, two people were injured in a landslide and the weather department issued a flash flood warning. Schools were shut in the state's Sirmaur and Solan districts on Friday due to the extreme weather.

In Delhi alone, at least four people died on Thursday as heavy rain battered the city. Among them was a seven-year-old who allegedly drowned in a waterlogged vacant plot in Sanjay Colony in the Samaypur Badli area of northwest Delhi.

The body of a three-year-old was found face down in the water in Ghaziabad's Sarvodaya Nagar, where officials suspect the child slipped and drowned in rainwater that had accumulated in the locality. A 24-year-old man also died after he was electrocuted while crossing a park near the private office where he worked.

All schools will remain closed on Friday in Ghaziabad following heavy rain and in view of the weather forecast predicting continuous downpour, according to an order issued by the district administration.

Across Uttar Pradesh, at least seven people died on Thursday in weather-linked incidents.

Trees uprooted

As Delhi witnessed heavy overnight rain, at least five trees were uprooted across different parts of the national capital on Thursday, disrupting traffic, causing waterlogging, and damaging a parked car in Ranjeet Nagar, officials said.

According to the Delhi Fire Service (DFS), two trees fell on Raja Dhir Singh Marg in southeast Delhi's East of Kailash—one near the ISKCON temple and another near the National Heart Institute, news agency PTI reported.

Rain havoc across India

In Kerala, the death toll from the July 7 Wayanad landslide rose to seven on Thursday after emergency workers recovered three more bodies. In Maharashtra, rescue operations continued in Pimpri Chinchwad near Pune after a building collapsed on Wednesday at a waste-to-energy plant. The collapse occurred when a massive mound of rain-soaked garbage gave way.

Uttarakhand remains among the worst-hit states. Incessant downpours blocked more than 185 roads, triggered widespread landslides, and disrupted the Char Dham Yatra pilgrimage across several sectors.

Flash floods triggered by heavy rain in Himachal Pradesh's Kinnaur district on Thursday submerged a 100-foot iron bridge, completely cutting off some villages.

More than 300 passengers heading towards the southern Mizoram towns of Siaha and Lawngtlai were stranded in Bualte village after two major landslides blocked National Highway 54.