Monsoon Fury: 3 Killed In Kerala, Heavy Rains Lash Karnataka, 13 Districts Hit By Floods In UP

Three people were killed in rain-related incidents in Kerala on Sunday as heavy rains lashed central and northern parts of the state.

Heavy rainfall has also been witnessed in Karnataka and Maharashtra. A state government statement said that at least 19 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region in the past 10 days and around 4,500 houses have been damaged.

In Uttar Pradesh, over 300 villages across 13 districts have been affected by floods. At least four rain-related deaths were reported over Saturday-Sunday in the state.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said that isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over Uttarakhand (till Friday); Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan (till Thursday); Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Western Uttar Pradesh (Wednesday-Friday); West Rajasthan (Tuesday-Wednesday) and Jammu and Kashmir (Wednesday-Thursday). The IMD also predicted heavy rainfall in Odisha for next 10 days.

Here are the latest rain-related updates:

Kerala: 3 killed as heavy rains lash central, northern districts

After a brief pause, heavy rains lashed central and northern Kerala over the weekend. Three deaths were reported in rain-related incidents.

The PTI cited government sources to report that two boys died after they supposedly fell into a water body on Sunday in Wayanad. A third person drowned in Thrissur.

Districts authorities in Kozhikode, Wayanad, and Kannur declared a holiday for all educational institutions in view of the heavy rains forecast for Monday, reported PTI.

The IMD has issued a yellow alert for nine districts: Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram and Kasaragod apart from Kozhikode, Wayanad, and Kannur.

The state disaster management authority said a few relief camps have been opened in Idukki, Wayanad and Kasaragod districts and as of now, 38 persons have been housed there, reported PTI, adding that the authority also said that there were numerous cases of tree felling across the state and damage to houses and other buildings.

The IMD has predicted thundershowers at most places in Kerala till Wednesday.

Maharashtra: 19 deaths in 10 days in Vidarbha, 4,500 houses damaged

At least 19 people were killed in rain-related incidents in the past 10 days in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region, said officials on Sunday.

Officials also told PTI that that around 4,500 houses were also damaged in their region from heavy rains.

The heavy rains in the last few days also affected around 54,000 hectares of agricultural land, of which more than 53,000 hectares is located in the Amravati division alone, where 2,796 people —mostly in Yavatmal district— were shifted to safer places, said officials to PTI.

Rains affected 875.84 hectares of agricultural land in parts of the Nagpur division, including 853.74 hectares in Chandrapur and 22.1 hectares in Wardha, a preliminary report issued by authorities said. More than 1,600 houses were damaged in this division, said the authorities, as per PTI.

In Yavatmal district, around 110 people stranded due to floods in Anandnagar Tanda village under Mahagaon tehsil were rescued on Saturday, reported PTI, adding that in Buldhana, nearly 100 people were shifted to safer places at Katargaon village in Sangrampur tehsil on Saturday.

Yavatmal Collector Amol Yedge said three persons died in the district and 1,426 houses were damaged due to rains and flooding, as per PTI, adding that he also said that around 280 people were safely rescued from the flood waters, while 6,275 people were shifted to temporary accommodation and provided food.

Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in Nagpur said some parts Maharashtra had received average rainfall of 15 to 20 days in a matter of just two to three days.

Yellow alert issued for Mumbai

Heavy rains lashed part of Mumbai in the past 24 hours and the IMD issued a yellow alert for the city.

Moderate to heavy rainfall is predicted in Mumbai.

The island city, eastern and western suburbs received an average rainfall of 58.42 mm, 69.15 mm and 70.41 mm, respectively, in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am on Monday, a civic official told PTI.

Civic officials said the IMD Mumbai in its Monday morning's daily weather forecast has predicted moderate to heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours, reported PTI, adding that there was no report of waterlogging anywhere in the city.

Heavy rains lash coastal Karnataka

Heavy rains continue to lash different parts Dakshina Kannada and Udupi in coastal Karnataka and water-level in many rivers has risen in the last two days submerging low-lying areas, reported PTI.

Water levels in Nethravati, Phalguni, and rivulets in many parts of DK district are posing threat to people living near the river banks, reported PTI after citing official sources, adding that a few families have been shifted to safer places in Bantwal taluk.

A large area of arecanut plantations have also been submerged in the taluk causing concern to the farmers, reported PTI, adding that schools in several taluks of DK and Udupi districts remained closed on Monday as authorities declared holidays.

The Manjeshwar-Subrahmanya state highway remains flooded, disrupting movement of vehicles on the route, reported PTI, adding that copious rains have also been reported from Addahole, Kollamogru, Subramanya and Bisile in DK.

Sources told PTI that a landslide that occurred on a hill at Karvalu area in Udupi district is posing threat to a high-tension electricity tower which carries 110 KV KPTCL overhead line, but officials added that necessary precautions have been taken. The PTI further reported that if the tower gets damaged, there are chances of power supply getting affected in areas including Manipal, Brahmavar, Kunjibettu and Udyavar. Officials told PTI that as a precautionary measure, the old line of Manipal-Hiriadka has been activated and installation is in progress from Sunday itself.

Meanwhile, the IMD has predicted moderate to heavy rains in coastal Karnataka till Thursday.

Uttar Pradesh: 300 villages across 13 districts affected by floods, 11 dead

More than 300 villages across 13 districts in Uttar Pradesh have been affected by floods.

Eleven deaths were also reported in the past two days. The PTI on Saturday evening reported that four deaths, three by drowning and one by snakebite, were reported in the state in the past 24 hours. On Monday evening, the PTI reported that seven people were killed in the 24 hours ending at 6:30 pm, taking the death toll of last two days to 11.

"Five people died due to drowning in Etah on July 23 while two people drowned in Mirzapur," said a government statement, as per PTI.

Several rivers including the Ganga and the Yamuna are in spate due to rains in Uttar Pradesh and the upper catchment areas, reported PTI, adding that as many as 331 villages are affected.

The affected districts are: Aligarh, Bijnor, Budaun, Farrukhabad, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, Kasganj, Mathura, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur, and Shamli.

Sixty-one shelters have been set up for the 25,281 affected people, reported PTI, citing official data.

According to reports, the Ganga river is flowing above the danger mark at the Kachla bridge in Budaun and Fatehgarh in Farrukhabad and its water level has reached near the red mark in Narora, Bulandshahr, reported PTI.

The Yamuna river is flowing near the danger mark at Mavi in Muzaffarnagar and Prayag Ghat in Mathura, reported PTI, adding that the Sharda river is also flowing near the danger mark at Palia Kalan in Lakhimpur Kheri.

More than 50 people were on Sunday rescued from Karhera village located on the banks of the Hindon in Ghaziabad after it was flooded following an increase in the water discharge in the river, a tributary of the Yamuna, officials told PTI.

Uttarakhand: Heavy rains wash away part of Badrinath Highway

The Badrinath pilgrimage was on Monday disrupted after a 100-metre stretch of the Gauchar-Badrinath highway in Uttarakhand was washed away after heavy rains.

Visuals of the site show debris from rain-induced landslide. An official said it would take two-three days for the stretch to be restored.

Chamoli District Magistrate Himanshu Khurana told ANI, "A large portion of the Badrinath-Shri Hemkund National Highway is damaged in Kameda, Gauchar in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. It will take 2-3 days for the restoration of the road."

In New Tehri, around 50 tourists were rescued who were stranded there due to flooding of a seasonal stream after heavy rains.

The tourists got stranded in the Sitapur area, near Dhanolti, on Sunday as the water level of the Maundkhala seasonal stream swelled all of a sudden due to heavy rain in the hills, damaging a temporary bridge over it, Dhanolti Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Lakshmi Raj Chauhan told PTI.

IMD predicts heavy rains in Odisha for 10 days

As a cyclonic circulation forms over the Bay of Bengal on Monday, the IMD predicted heavy rainfall for 10 days.

The district for which the yellow warning of heavy rainfall has been issued are Ganjam, Gajapati, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Koraput, Nawarangapur, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Kandhamal, Bolangir, reported PTI.

This apart, the IMD said light to moderate rain or thundershower is very likely to occur at most places over the districts of South Odisha and many places over the rest of the districts of the state, reported PTI.

The meteorological office also forecast heavy rainfall across Odisha due to possible low-pressure area till July 28, a senior scientist at the Regional Meteorological Centre told PTI, adding that the intensity of rainfall will increase from Tuesday.

Yamuna in Delhi crosses danger mark

The Yamuna river in Delhi surged over a meter above the danger level, reaching 206.30 meters at 5 pm on Monday, compelling authorities to suspend train movement on the iconic Old Railway Bridge. Despite a slight decline during the day, the water level remains perilously high, with the Central Water Commission forecasting a dip to 206.22 meters by 2 am on Tuesday.

The situation escalated after the river breached the danger mark due to increased water discharge from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana following heavy rainfall in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The rising water levels pose significant challenges for ongoing relief efforts in the flood-affected low-lying areas of Delhi, impacting thousands of families who may have to stay longer in relief camps.

Experts attribute the unprecedented flooding to encroachments on the river floodplain, extreme rainfall, and silt accumulation, making it a devastating natural disaster for the national capital.