Torrential rain pounding southwestern Japan has triggered a mudslide and swallowed four people in Nagasaki and threatened the region with the risk of floods and more landslides, officials said Friday
After touring the flood-hit areas of Ghatal, Banerjee said she would send a team to New Delhi to pursue the Centre in approving the project.
The warming of the ocean will lead to a rise in sea levels, which will contribute to more frequent and severe coastal flooding in low-level areas.
Incessant rainfall have created a flood situation in many states including Rajasthan and bihar. watch ground report from these states on india tv.
The flood situation in north Madhya Pradesh had turned grim earlier this week, where more than 1,250 villages were affected by the deluge following heavy rains. Gwalior, Shivpuri, Sheopur, Datia, Ashok Nagar, Guna, Bhind and Morena districts were affected as the region was being pounded by rains since Sunday.
Hooghly district magistrate P Deepap Priya said that a large number of villagers have taken shelter at relief camps as their homes and fields lay inundated.
The number of deaths due to the deluge remained unchanged at 23 as no fresh fatality was reported from any of the seven affected districts where around three lakh people have been shifted to rescue centres.
Continuous rains in the state has caused flooding in many areas in the Hadauti region and cut off road connectivity to over 100 villages.
A Defence spokesperson said that helicopters and boats were used in relief and rescue operations in Hooghly district, following a request from the state government.
Bommai said though the rain has receded, normal life has remained disrupted in the coastal, central, and north-west regions due to flooding and overflowing lakes and rivers, with schools and colleges shut, markets closed and roads damaged.
The spokesman for the provincial governor, Mohammad Sayed Mohmand, said water had inundated the village of Terdesh, destroying at least 100 homes.
Sudesh Kumar Mokhta, Director-cum Special Secretary (Revenue-Disaster Management), Himachal Pradesh, said that 28 roads are closed including the Batseri and Chhitkul area.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has enhanced the number of its teams from 26 to 34 for undertaking rescue operations. The teams are being deployed in affected areas of Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Satara, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Pune and Nagpur for rescue and relief work.
The continuous rain affected 12 districts of north Karnataka, coastal Karnataka, and Malnad region. It is estimated that some 830 houses collapsed, 15 school buildings were damaged and 8,733 people, including women and children, have been shifted to safer places across the state.
The train was derailed on the Dudhsagar-Sonaulim section in Goa with the engine and the first general running off the tracks. No passengers were injured.
Incessant rains and resultant flooding have washed out the ballast below the railway tracks and embankment in several patches between Chiplun and Kamathe section, said L K Verma, chief spokesperson of KR.
Unprecedented floods in Cental China has killed 33 people so far, and over a million have been affected in the Henan province. Pictures show how public avenues and subway tunnels were submerged with surging waters in the provincial capital Zhengzhou.
The massive floods, described by meteorologists as a once-in-a-lifetime event, have resulted in apocalyptic scenes in the provincial capital Zhengzhou, a metropolis of 12.6 million, with its public avenues and subway tunnels getting submerged with surging waters.
Immediately after the floods hit on Wednesday and Thursday, German authorities listed large numbers of people as missing — something apparently caused in large part by confusion, multiple reporting and communications difficulties in the affected areas, some of which lacked electricity and telephone service.
The study, conducted in collaboration with scientists from the University of Hawaii, is the first that takes into account all known oceanic and astronomical causes for floods.
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