• Eight states are under a heavy rain alert today because of a worsening flood situation

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    Eight states are under a heavy rain alert today because of a worsening flood situation

    Due to the torrential rains, at least 30 reservoirs in Gujarat have reached their 70% capacity. The Met department has issued a red alert, predicting significant rainfall in the south Gujarat and Saurashtra regions through Thursday. Among the regions of the state experiencing significant rains are Rajkot, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, Bharuch, Kutch, and Navsari.

    Digital Desk: Eight states along the
    West Coast, Central, and Peninsular India are expected to see heavy to
    extremely heavy rainfall today, according to the weather office. Water flowing
    beyond the warning level at 22 river sites is expected to make the flooding situation
    worse.



    Andhra
    Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Assam, and Uttar Pradesh
    are experiencing flooding. In addition, 31 dams and barrages in the states of
    Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttar
    Pradesh, and Andhra Pradesh have inflow forecasts provided for them.



    Due
    to the continuing heavy rain in Maharashtra, Palghar, Pune, and the
    neighbouring Chinchwad will be without classes today. Yesterday, a landslide in
    Vasai city, Palghar district, claimed the lives of a father and his daughter.
    In the Gondia district, four people were also lost to flooding.



    Due to the torrential rains, at least
    30 reservoirs in Gujarat have reached their 70% capacity. The Met department
    has issued a red alert, predicting significant rainfall in the south Gujarat
    and Saurashtra regions through Thursday. Among the regions of the state
    experiencing significant rains are Rajkot, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, Bharuch,
    Kutch, and Navsari.



    The Narmadapuram division of Madhya
    Pradesh has issued a red alert warning of heavy rain for the next 24 hours in
    all of its districts. More than 25 districts, including 11 in the Bhopal and
    Ujjain divisions, have received an orange alert for heavy to extremely heavy
    rainfall. With many rivers in spate, Betul and Harda are the worst hit areas in
    the state.



    A red alert has been issued in
    Telangana due to the Godavari River crossing the flood level mark at the Kaddem
    project in the Nirmal district. Due to massive floodwaters, people in 12 villages
    downstream were forced to leave. At Bhadrachalam, the river also passed the
    third-level danger mark. Experts have described the water outflow in the
    Godavari as a "once in 500 years" phenomenon since it is 3 lakh
    cusecs per second compared to 5 lakh cusecs per second influx.



    In the meantime, torrential rains have
    caused rivers to swell and dams in coastal Karnataka and Malnad to fill to the
    brim, resembling a flood. There have also been reports of slides. Hampi's
    historical landmarks run the risk of being submerged because the Tungabhadra
    dam is almost at capacity. According to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, 500
    crores will be released promptly to reconstruct the fundamental infrastructure.
    State and federal rescue teams are ready to respond, and precautionary measures
    have been put in place sixth
    day of a flood alert has also been issued for Hogenakkal in the Dharmapuri
    district.



    According to the India Meteorological
    Department, heavy to very heavy rains are expected in nine southern districts
    of Odisha. Heavy rain is already falling in the coastal districts, and the
    Gajapati district reported a landslide that damaged at least 10 homes.