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Weather report: More than 10 people were confirmed dead in rain-related incidents across the country as torrential monsoon showers unleashed widespread destruction in several parts of the country on Thursday, flooding roads, uprooting trees, damaging property and disrupting normal life.

Authorities scrambled to restore normalcy amid forecasts of more rain, with people wading through knee-deep water in residential areas in several cities and traffic snarling on major roads and highways.

Fresh floods and landslides were reported in Arunachal Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh, with the rising water level in the river inundating a 100-feet long iron bridge in Kinnaur.

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Recent deaths have been mainly caused by rain-related incidents, including building collapses, drownings and lightning strikes, resulting in more than 10 confirmed deaths across the country.

Widespread waterlogging in Delhi-NCR occurred due to continuous heavy rains that overwhelmed drainage systems, leading to significant flooding in residential and traffic areas.

Local authorities are working to restore normalcy by dealing with traffic jams, clearing waterlogged roads and carrying out rescue operations in areas hit hard by the rains.

Necessary safety measures include proper infrastructure maintenance, efficient drainage systems and warning systems to warn residents of possible flooding or landslides during heavy rains.

Yes, residents of flood-prone areas should prepare for potentially heavier rain based on the forecast and stay informed of the warnings issued by the India Meteorological Department.

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Relentless monsoon rain lashed Delhi, flooding roads, uprooting trees and triggering widespread traffic snarls. The downpour also helped the capital record its cleanest air since September 2023, with parts of the city receiving over 160mm of rainfall.

3 dead in Rohini

Death toll in Rohini building collapse rises to three. Waterlogging was reported from several areas including Vikas Marg, parts of East Delhi, Sangam Vihar, New Delhi Railway Station area, Munirka, Sadar Bazar, Alipur, Burari, Badarpur and Dwarka.

In Alipur, several trucks and cars were partially submerged, disrupting traffic and affecting commuters.

Traffic was also disrupted at ITO, Rohtak Road, Mehrauli-Badarpur (MB) Road, NH-48, Ring Road, Punjabi Bagh and Shadipur due to waterlogging and heavy traffic jams.

According to Delhi Fire Service (DFS), two trees fell at different places on Raja Dhir Singh Marg east of Kailash while one tree fell on Guru Ravidas Marg in Kalkaji-Govindpuri and Dhingra Marg area. Another big tree fell on a parked car in Ranjeet Nagar.

6 bodies found from Surat

In Surat, which was lashed by rain on Wednesday, the floods that caused widespread damage in the city slowly receded on Thursday. Six more bodies were recovered from the city, with rain-related incidents claiming 17 lives in recent days. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel visited Surat to take stock of the situation in the city.

Rescue operations also continued at the site of a building that collapsed a day earlier at a waste processing plant in Maharashtra’s Pimpri Chinchwad near Pune after heavy rain gave way to a huge pile of garbage.

One body was recovered on Thursday, while about eight people are still trapped under the rubble. Nine people have been rescued so far.

A 64-year-old man died on Thursday after being injured by a falling tree in Thane city amid very heavy rains.

Seven people died in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday.

Two women died after being struck by lightning in separate villages of Sant Kabir Nagar district, while a 14-year-old boy was killed in Kushinagar after being struck by lightning. In Bulandshahr, two people were killed and four others injured after a wall collapsed on makeshift tents pitched next to it in Mundakheda Khurja village following heavy rain, officials said.

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In Thanabhawan town of Shamli district, a man died and his two sons were seriously injured after the wall of a tin shed collapsed on them. In Ghaziabad, a three-year-old girl Pallavi drowned after she was swept into a waterlogged drain outside her house in Sarvodaya Colony, they added.

The IMD has issued a Red Alert

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a “red alert” for parts of western UP, forecasting heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours as monsoon activity intensified across the state and rain-related incidents claimed at least five lives.

The Met Office said widespread rainfall is expected across the state till July 11.

In Arunachal Pradesh, fresh floods and landslides were reported in six districts, damaging houses, roads and crops.

Keyi Panyor, Upper Siang, Tirap, Changlang, Papum Pare and Upper Subansiri suffered damage in the last 24 hours, the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) said.

Rainfall is expected to ease from Friday, with an “orange” warning issued for the day only for Papum Pare, Lower Dibang Valley and Tirap districts.

An inter-ministerial central team from the Ministry of Home Affairs visited the flood-affected East Siang and Lower Siang districts of Arunachal Pradesh to assess the extent of damage caused by the recent floods and assess the need for additional financial assistance from the Centre.

In Himachal Pradesh, a landslide occurred at Maling Nallah on the old Hindustan Tibet Highway (NH-5) in Kuppa area of ​​Kinnaur district, damaging three houses, a cow shed and several orchards and causing large boulders to block the road for several hours.

A 100-feet long iron bridge was completely submerged amid rising water levels in the Kinnaur river, cutting off access to Lippa village.

Light to heavy rains continued to lash parts of the state from Wednesday evening, with thunderstorms and lightning lashing Shimla, Kangra and Jot.

Water levels in many rivers and streams in the district have risen well above normal due to rainfall since Wednesday.

The Shimla Met Office has issued a yellow warning for heavy rains at isolated places in the state till July 15.

Uttarakhand remained on high alert as incessant rainfall in the last 24 hours triggered landslides and raised water levels in rivers. Traffic was disrupted on 107 routes, including nine state highways. The IMD has issued a ‘red’ alert for seven districts, including Dehradun, and an ‘orange’ alert for the remaining districts on Thursday.

Schools for classes 1 to 12 remained closed in four districts, including Dehradun, due to rain.

In Rajasthan, widespread rainfall drenched parts of the state, with the Met department predicting extremely heavy rainfall in isolated areas of Kota and Bharatpur divisions on Thursday.

Many parts of Haryana and Punjab also received rain on Thursday.

Balcony collapses in Gurugram

In Gurugram, part of a balcony of a luxury apartment complex collapsed on Thursday morning, although no injuries were reported.

Among other parts of the National Capital Region, widespread waterlogging and disruption of traffic was reported from Noida, Ghaziabad, Ghazipur and Faridabad.

In Noida, areas including Sectors 16, 33, 12, 62 and part of the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway were inundated, leaving vehicles stranded and commuters forced to wade through flooded roads.

Heavy waterlogging near the Ghazipur border on National Highway-9 has caused a long traffic snarl on the Delhi-Ghaziabad route.

The Ghaziabad district administration declared a holiday in government schools as authorities grappled with the disruption caused by the rain.

A section of road in Ghaziabad’s Vasundhara caved in next to an under-construction basement after heavy rains, sending a parked car and a scooter into a pit. No one was injured in the incident.

The IMD said on Thursday that the Southwest Monsoon has advanced further into the remaining parts of Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab covering the entire country.

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India has witnessed a large surplus of rainfall so far in July. While the normal rainfall for the first nine days of the month is 73.8 mm, the country as a whole received 101.9 mm of rainfall.

As heavy rains continued in parts of Kerala, the IMD on Thursday issued an orange alert in three districts – Malappuram, Kozhikode and Wayanad.

It has also issued a yellow alert for the day in six other districts – Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Kannur and Kasaragod.

The death toll from the landslide in Wayanad rose to six on Thursday as three more bodies were recovered from the disaster site, district officials said. Search operations continued for the two persons still missing in the incident.

Key things

• The monsoon season has resulted in significant rain-related deaths and disruptions in major regions of India.
• Authorities are struggling to respond to acute weather emergencies and are stressing the need for more resilient infrastructure.
• Ongoing forecasts predict continued heavy rainfall and warn communities to prepare for further incidents.