At least 10 people, including three women and three children, were killed in separate incidents after the roof of the houses caved in due to heavy snowfall in Balochistan.
Several flights were diverted from Delhi's IGI Airport following the heavy downpour. Operations at the airport had to be briefly suspended. Air India and Vistara were among the carriers whose services were affected.
On Monday, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in its weather advisory had said Tamil Nadu is expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall for the next two days.
The road, which usually remains closed during the winter months, was closed on November 6 after high altitude areas including Pir Ki Gali experienced first major snowfall of the season. Pir Ki Gali and adjoining areas along the Mughal Road witnessed snowfall over the past couple of days, officials said, adding a decision to reopen the road will be taken once the weather improves.
In the next 24 hours, heavy rains were likely in most districts of Tamil Nadu, including those along the western ghats.
According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places over Tamil Nadu.
The Indian Meteorological Department's (IMD) Goa observatory also issued a fresh warning and advised tourists to stay indoors and asked fishermen to avoid venturing into the sea in view of bad weather conditions.
A little over an hour-long off-monsoon rainfall paralysed normal life in Mangalabag area in the city on Thursday afternoon. The heavy rain has inundated parts of SCB Medical College and Hospital campus in the locality putting patients, their attendants and the hospital staff in difficulties.
The Bihar government has removed Principal Secretary of Urban Development department Chaitanya Prasad and Patna Divisional Commissioner Anand Kishor from their positions appear in the wake of prolonged waterlogging here triggered by incessant rain in September end.
Meanwhile, officials of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predict that there would be more rain in the state during the next three days and have also issued a heavy rainfall warning.
The incessant rainfall also led to wall/roof collapse incidents in three different localities of Bhagalpur district claiming a total of eight lives, including a woman. Three casualties each were reported from Barari and Khanjarpur and two from Nathnagar localities.
At least 24 people have been killed in Bihar as heavy downpour continues to wreak havoc in the state. In the state capital, record rains caused heavy water-logging and did not spare the houses of the Deputy Chief Minister and two former Chief Ministers.
In Uttar Pradesh, at least 93 people have died since Thursday. According to a state government report, 14 people lost their lives on Sunday, 25 on Saturday while 54 had died in the two days before that.
The MeT department has already issued a yellow warning of heavy rains for Friday and Saturday.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is carrying out operations to remove water which is knee-high in some areas.
The sky is overcast and drizzles may continue the whole of Wednesday. Monsoon has been generous in the Agra region this year.
Incessant rain, triggered by a low-pressure area, created a flood-like situation in some parts of Odisha on Saturday, claiming at least three lives, officials said.
According to government officials, a total of 28 people have died in the southern Sindh province since Saturday. At least 42 people have lost their lives in rain-related incidents since the monsoon rains started in the last week of July, they said.
Rescue and relief operations continued to shift 2 lakh displaced people to 370 relief camps and 55,000 livestock from 245 villages in the worst-affected region. Union Home Minister Amit Shah undertook an aerial survey of the northwest districts along with Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa and central ministers from the state Pralhad Joshi and Suresh Angadi and reviewed the situation, including rescue and relief work in the region.
Parts of Rajasthan have been receiving heavy rains since the past few days. Thirteen people have been reported killed in separate rain-related incidents in different districts of Rajasthan. According to the weather department, heavy to very heavy rainfall is on the forecast in Rajasthan for the next 24 hours.
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