As many as 34 NDRF teams are engaged in relief and rescue operations in Mumbai, Thane, Ratnagiri, Palghar, Raigad, Sahara, Sangli, Sindhudurg Nagar and Kolhapur in coordination with the state administration.
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has enhanced the number of its teams from 26 to 34 for undertaking rescue operations. The teams are being deployed in affected areas of Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Satara, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Pune and Nagpur for rescue and relief work.
The national forecasting agency India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red and orange alerts for several regions in the state that are set to receive heavy rainfall in the next three days.
Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday took a review of the situation arising out of the continuous downpour in these two coastal districts, the chief minister’s office (CMO) said.
Incidents of water-logging leaving people stranded were also reported from Mumbra, Bhiwandi, Titwala and Kasara areas of Thane district.
Laxmi Jongankar (40) was inside her shanty when people outside started shouting about the wall collapse in the area.
A day after the flash floods, Dharamshala and surrounding areas are trying to limp back to normalcy. While the officials have sounded alert for the next five days, efforts are on to clear up the blocked roadways and clogged streets after the mud gushed into the town following the non-stop Monsoon rains.
Flash floods triggered by heavy rains swept away buildings and cars in Dharamshala town of Kangra district that is frequented by tourists.
After 3 bodies could be retrieved from inside the mine since mid-June, the district administration was forced to take the decision given the increasing water level at the illegal rat-hole mine due to continuous rainfall in the area for the past many days, the official said.
Four teams have been based in Ratnagiri, two each in Mumbai, Sindhudurg, Palghar, Raigad, Thane and one in Kurla (east Mumbai suburb), NDRF Director General S N Pradhan said in a tweet.
Mumbai Rains Alert: Mumbai and its suburbs is likely to experience more thunderstorms along with moderate to intense spells of rainfall.
The cyclone completed its landfall around noon packing strong winds and heavy rainfall along the Odisha coast and neighbouring areas of West Bengal.
The India Meteorological Department said ‘Very Severe Cyclonic Storm’ Yaas has made landfall close to north of Dhamra port and south of Balasore district in Odisha at 9 am on Wednesday. As the storm is relatively a large sized system, the landfall can take several hours to complete. Wind speeds ranging between 140 and 155 kms are being reported from the coastal districts.
As Cyclone Yaas approaches towards country's eastern coast, the Indian Army has deployed 17 integrated relief columns, comprising specialised personnel with necessary equipment and inflatable boats, in West Bengal.
Cyclone Yaas is nearing the country's east coast, days after deadly cyclone, Tauktae, hit its west coast.
"The severe cyclonic storm Yaas over east-central Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 9 kmph during past six hours and lay centred at 9 UTC of May 24 over east-central Bay of Bengal," IMD said in its bulletin. "It is very likely to move north-northwestwards, intensify further into a very severe cyclonic storm during next 12 hours. It would continue to move north-northwestwards, intensify further and reach northwest Bay of Bengal near North Odisha and West Bengal coasts by May 26 early morning," the weather agency said.
Cyclone Yaas is likely to hit flight operations at Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Jharsuguda and Durgapur airports. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) sounded the alert on Monday while also instructing other airports in the eastern region to be on alert in view of a possbility of change in path of cyclonic winds.
A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm 'Yaas' and is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts onMay 26 after turning into a very severe cyclonic storm, the MeT Department said
At least 40 active incidents of forest fire have been reported in Uttarakhand, following which the Centre rushed NDRF teams and helicopters for assistance.
4 people and 7 animals died in fire that erupted in 62 hectares of forest area in Uttarakhand in last 24 hours.
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