Diamond Member Pelican Press 0 Posted August 29, 2024 Diamond Member Share Posted August 29, 2024 This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up At least 28 ***** as heavy rains lash Indian state data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Reuters People cross a flooded street after heavy rains in Ahmedabad At least 28 people have ***** and more than 24,000 have been relocated in the western Indian state of Gujarat after heavy rains led to massive flooding. Several rivers and reservoirs are overflowing as water levels have crossed the danger mark, officials said. The Indian army and national disaster response teams are carrying out relief and rescue operations in the worst-hit areas. The state is on high alert as the weather department has predicted heavy rains to continue over the next few days. Gujarat regularly witnesses severe floods during the monsoon season – in 2017, more than 200 people ***** in floods triggered by unrelenting rain. According to a government This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up , many parts of Gujarat are vulnerable to floods because major rivers “pass through a wide stretch of the very flat terrain before reaching the sea”. Photos showed waterlogged streets and overflowing rivers. In some places, stranded people had to be rescued in helicopters. Transport services have been disrupted in several parts and as many as 48 trains in the state were cancelled on Wednesday. Villages and towns in the Saurashtra region have been worst-affected as they received incessant rains for nearly 48 hours. data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==ANI A patient was evacuated by rescue workers from a flood-affected area in Vadodara city data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==AFP A road damaged by heavy rains on the outskirts of Ahmedabad data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Reuters Gujarat regularly witnesses severe floods during the monsoon season data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==Gujarat Information/X In several areas, people had to walk in knee-deep water to get to safer locations data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==ANI An aerial view of waterlogging in Vadodara city Several farmers told BBC Gujarati that the downpour had caused extensive damage to crops like cotton and groundnut. Weather officials expect the heavy rains to start tapering off by 1 September as the deep depression in the Arabian Sea shifts towards Pakistan. Gujarat is the home state of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was chief minister of the region for 13 years. This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up #***** #heavy #rains #lash #Indian #state This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up This is the hidden content, please Sign In or Sign Up Link to comment https://hopzone.eu/forums/topic/112448-at-least-28-dead-as-heavy-rains-lash-indian-state/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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