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The floods inundated low-lying residential areas in Vijayawada and several villages downstream, causing significant damage to infrastructure, homes and agricultural land. [8] Historical data indicates that this flood event surpassed previous records, with only the 2009 and 1998 floods coming close in terms of discharge levels.
Flooding has forced the closure of most shops and businesses and power outages have affected several areas. The cyclone left 16 people dead in Sri Lanka and three in India on Sunday.
In India, a total of 2,038 people were killed, 1,584 others were injured and 101 others were left missing due to flooding-related incidents between 1 April and 17 August. During this period, there were 518 deaths in Bihar , 330 more in Himachal Pradesh , 165 in Gujarat , 138 in Madhya Pradesh , 107 deaths each in Karnataka and Maharashtra , 90 ...
The floods have led to closure of schools, disruption of flights and train operations in various parts of North India. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Another period of intense torrential rain continued in August, and at least 71 more people were killed in Himachal Pradesh, while 10 others died in Uttarakhand.
BHUBANESWAR, India (Reuters) -Cyclone Michaung barrelled into the southern Indian coast on Tuesday with winds of up to 110 kph (70 mph), its arrival preceded by intense rain and flooding that ...
AHMEDABAD/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Heavy rains battered India and Pakistan's coastal areas along the Arabian Sea, flooding cities in western India's Gujarat state and forcing thousands of people from ...
2021 Maharashtra floods, widespread flooding in Mahad and Chiplun on 22 July 2021 caused by exceptionally heavy rainfall. 2022 Assam floods, heavy flooding in Assam State in May 2022. [16] 2022 Balrampur floods after heavy rains, with over 1300 villages affected [17] 2023 North India floods after heavy rainfall in North Indian states. [18]
Floodwaters have stranded hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, causing at least 15 deaths as rescuers struggled to reach those who ...