Maharashtra Flood

Several parts of Maharashtra, including Pune and Nashik, are reeling under a flood situation after heavy rain.

Four people have died - three were electrocuted - in Pune, two drowned after falling into Thane's Barvi Dam, and a red alert has been declared for Mumbai and Palghar after heavy rainfall, overnight and this morning, battered Maharashtra.

Three men died of electrocution in Maharashtra's Pune in the early hours of Thursday while trying to move their handcart that got submerged due to heavy rains, police said.

Heavy rain has led to waterlogging in several areas in Pune and Kolhapur and paralysed normal life. Schools have been shut and scores of residential apartments in Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad area have been flooded

Four persons, including a 53-year-old bedridden paralysed woman, died due to flooding after heavy rains in Nagpur, police said on Saturday.

Nagpur rain news: Heavy rains battered Maharashtra Nagpur on Saturday and flooded many parts of the city.

Nagpur Rain News: Heavy rains lashed Nagpur city from Friday midnight, inundating low-lying areas and triggering measures to shift people from these pockets to safer places.

Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are likely to occur in districts of Maharashtra's Vidarbha region over the next four days, while residents of several villages have been warned of possibility of flooding due to water discharge from dams in vicinity.

A 50-year-old man found stuck on a tree in the swollen Warna river on the border of Kolhapur and Sangli districts in western Maharashtra, was rescued on Friday morning, more than 12 hours after he fell into the water body, an official said.

Telangana Rain: Six people have died in Telangana as heavy rainfall continues to batter the state. The incessant rain has caused widespread flooding and damage to roads and crops.

The Indian Air Force was called in to rescue people stranded in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district after two days of heavy rainfall. Two Indian Air Force's Mi-17 V5 choppers and the State Disaster Response Force team worked together to rescue people.

Heavy rains pounded Thane and neighbouring Palghar district of Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, resulting in water-logging in many areas and a number of incidents of tree fall, officials said.

As Mumbai received its first heavy rainfall with the onset of monsoon, it led to waterlogging at various places, even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said the new system developed to prevent flooding in the city was functioning well.

Most of India's major states, be it economic powerhouses like Tamil Nadu or Maharashtra, or those with high populations like Uttar Pradesh or Bihar, have been ranked among top 100 states for climate risk in the built environment.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday warned of "moderate flash flood risk" in the next 24 hours in a few areas in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.

Several parts of Maharashtra, including Pune and Nashik, are reeling under a flood situation after heavy rain.

Four people have died - three were electrocuted - in Pune, two drowned after falling into Thane's Barvi Dam, and a red alert has been declared for Mumbai and Palghar after heavy rainfall, overnight and this morning, battered Maharashtra.

Three men died of electrocution in Maharashtra's Pune in the early hours of Thursday while trying to move their handcart that got submerged due to heavy rains, police said.

Heavy rain has led to waterlogging in several areas in Pune and Kolhapur and paralysed normal life. Schools have been shut and scores of residential apartments in Pune's Pimpri Chinchwad area have been flooded

Four persons, including a 53-year-old bedridden paralysed woman, died due to flooding after heavy rains in Nagpur, police said on Saturday.

Nagpur rain news: Heavy rains battered Maharashtra Nagpur on Saturday and flooded many parts of the city.

Nagpur Rain News: Heavy rains lashed Nagpur city from Friday midnight, inundating low-lying areas and triggering measures to shift people from these pockets to safer places.

Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall are likely to occur in districts of Maharashtra's Vidarbha region over the next four days, while residents of several villages have been warned of possibility of flooding due to water discharge from dams in vicinity.

A 50-year-old man found stuck on a tree in the swollen Warna river on the border of Kolhapur and Sangli districts in western Maharashtra, was rescued on Friday morning, more than 12 hours after he fell into the water body, an official said.

Telangana Rain: Six people have died in Telangana as heavy rainfall continues to batter the state. The incessant rain has caused widespread flooding and damage to roads and crops.

The Indian Air Force was called in to rescue people stranded in Maharashtra's Yavatmal district after two days of heavy rainfall. Two Indian Air Force's Mi-17 V5 choppers and the State Disaster Response Force team worked together to rescue people.

Heavy rains pounded Thane and neighbouring Palghar district of Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, resulting in water-logging in many areas and a number of incidents of tree fall, officials said.

As Mumbai received its first heavy rainfall with the onset of monsoon, it led to waterlogging at various places, even as Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde said the new system developed to prevent flooding in the city was functioning well.

Most of India's major states, be it economic powerhouses like Tamil Nadu or Maharashtra, or those with high populations like Uttar Pradesh or Bihar, have been ranked among top 100 states for climate risk in the built environment.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday warned of "moderate flash flood risk" in the next 24 hours in a few areas in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.