Flood Alert

Dozens of inhabitants of flooded communities said that by the time they received the regional government's alert, muddy water was already surrounding their cars, submerging streets of their towns and pouring into their homes.

As gushing water from Hurricane Milton flooded their Florida apartment, Lidier Rodriguez and Sandra Escalona rushed upstairs to safety -- a scene of danger and drama in a normally staid senior living facility.

Hurricane Milton: Florida grappled with flooding and power outages from a milder than expected storm that many had feared would be catastrophic.

Hurricane Milton blasted ashore in Florida Wednesday night with furious winds, life-threatening rain and storm surge, as people who endured another hurricane just two weeks ago braced for a long, violent night.

Telangana Rain Alert: Heavy rains were lashing several parts of Telangana, inundating low-lying areas, paralysing normal life, and throwing road and rail traffic out of gear while the met office has issued a red alert for 11 districts.

Gujarat, ravaged by rain and flood, has no hope of respite anytime soon, with the met department predicting more showers. The Met office has sent out an alert for very heavy rainfall till August 30.

Heavy Rain in Gujarat: Parts of Gujarat including Vadodara have witnessed severe waterlogging on Tuesday after incessant rain for several days. At leastleast seven people have died in rain-related incidents.

The Gujarat government has been taking all necessary precautions amid a heavy rainfall forecast for the state, an official said on Monday.

Anticipating a potential threat from the Tungabhadra Reservoir in Karnataka's Vijayanagara district, the Andhra Pradesh government has issued a flood alert in low-lying areas of the Kurnool district.

At least 128 roads were closed in Himachal Pradesh following landslides and flash floods caused by the ongoing rain spell, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.

Flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in Shimla, Kullu and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh on July 31 midnight have so far claimed 22 lives while operations are underway to trace over 30 missing persons, officials said on Wednesday.

A total of 87 roads are closed in Himachal Pradesh due to incidents of cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in the past five days.

A flood-like situation prevails in several parts of West Bengal with heavy rain over the last few days.

Fourteen people died and 10 more were injured in heavy overnight rains that triggered flooding and a house collapse as several rivers swelled in Uttarakhand, officials said here on Thursday.

Uttarakhand Rain: Heavy overnight rain in Uttarakhand has triggered many incidents of house collapse, flooding of areas and rise in water levels in several rivers of the state, according to the officials.

Dozens of inhabitants of flooded communities said that by the time they received the regional government's alert, muddy water was already surrounding their cars, submerging streets of their towns and pouring into their homes.

As gushing water from Hurricane Milton flooded their Florida apartment, Lidier Rodriguez and Sandra Escalona rushed upstairs to safety -- a scene of danger and drama in a normally staid senior living facility.

Hurricane Milton: Florida grappled with flooding and power outages from a milder than expected storm that many had feared would be catastrophic.

Hurricane Milton blasted ashore in Florida Wednesday night with furious winds, life-threatening rain and storm surge, as people who endured another hurricane just two weeks ago braced for a long, violent night.

Telangana Rain Alert: Heavy rains were lashing several parts of Telangana, inundating low-lying areas, paralysing normal life, and throwing road and rail traffic out of gear while the met office has issued a red alert for 11 districts.

Gujarat, ravaged by rain and flood, has no hope of respite anytime soon, with the met department predicting more showers. The Met office has sent out an alert for very heavy rainfall till August 30.

Heavy Rain in Gujarat: Parts of Gujarat including Vadodara have witnessed severe waterlogging on Tuesday after incessant rain for several days. At leastleast seven people have died in rain-related incidents.

The Gujarat government has been taking all necessary precautions amid a heavy rainfall forecast for the state, an official said on Monday.

Anticipating a potential threat from the Tungabhadra Reservoir in Karnataka's Vijayanagara district, the Andhra Pradesh government has issued a flood alert in low-lying areas of the Kurnool district.

At least 128 roads were closed in Himachal Pradesh following landslides and flash floods caused by the ongoing rain spell, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday.

Flash floods triggered by cloudbursts in Shimla, Kullu and Mandi districts of Himachal Pradesh on July 31 midnight have so far claimed 22 lives while operations are underway to trace over 30 missing persons, officials said on Wednesday.

A total of 87 roads are closed in Himachal Pradesh due to incidents of cloudbursts, flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in the past five days.

A flood-like situation prevails in several parts of West Bengal with heavy rain over the last few days.

Fourteen people died and 10 more were injured in heavy overnight rains that triggered flooding and a house collapse as several rivers swelled in Uttarakhand, officials said here on Thursday.

Uttarakhand Rain: Heavy overnight rain in Uttarakhand has triggered many incidents of house collapse, flooding of areas and rise in water levels in several rivers of the state, according to the officials.