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Southwest Monsoon: Heavy Rains Trigger Landslides In Himachal Pradesh; Yellow Alert In Mumbai, Delhi – 10 Points

The Southwest Monsoon is in the process of resuming its trajectory post-Cyclone Biparjoy, which has been the longest storm in the Arabian Sea

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As the southwest monsoon advanced over more parts of the country,바카라 웹사이트parts of Maharashtra, entire Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, northeast India, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, most parts of Himachal Pradesh, and some parts of Haryana witnessed heavy rainfall over the weekend.

Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand woke up to landslides trigerred by incessant rainfall on Monday morning. Over 200 people, many of them tourists, are currently바카라 웹사이트stranded in Himachal Pradesh due to blockade of key highways.바카라 웹사이트Visuals showed several vehicles damaged after they were washed away in Kullu.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the coastal regions of Maharashtra, including Mumbai and Madhya Maharashtra, for the next 48 hours. Heavy showers are also likely in parts of Odisha, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the Northeastern states.

Monsoon updates in India -- 10 points

1.바카라 웹사이트Moderate to heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs in the last 24 hours and the weather department has predicted more showers over the next one day with a possibility of occasional intense rain spells.바카라 웹사이트On Sunday, the monsoon covered both Delhi and Mumbai together for the first time since June 21, 1961, the IMD바카라 웹사이트earlier said.바카라 웹사이트

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Monsoon clouds fill the sky, in Mumbai. Photo: PTI/Shashank Parade

2. In a tragic incident, a바카라 웹사이트second-floor balcony of a gaothan house in Vile Parle, Mumbai바카라 웹사이트suddenly gave way, killing a senior citizen couple, Prishita (65) and Rubi Misquita (70).바카라 웹사이트While the BMC said the collapse was not rain-related, Rajendra Kane, senior police inspector of Santacruz police station, claimed it was. “The balcony crashed due to the rains, as the building was old,” he said. Meanwhile, a바카라 웹사이트well and its surrounding land caved-in on Monday morning in Maharashtra's Thane district which received heavy rains in the last 24 hours, civic authorities said.바카라 웹사이트

3.바카라 웹사이트A flash바카라 웹사이트flood-like situation바카라 웹사이트occured in Himachal Pradesh's바카라 웹사이트Mandi district. Over 200 people are바카라 웹사이트stranded near Baggi Bridge on Mandi Prashar Road. Several vehicles were washed away due to the바카라 웹사이트flash flood in a rivulet at Janjheli in Mandi district.바카라 웹사이트Landslides have occurred at many places between Charmile to Satmile on Pandoh-Mandi바카라 웹사이트national highway바카라 웹사이트in the state. Mandi-Kullu road via Katola is also shut down due to heavy landslides near Kamand.

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Heavy machinery being used to clear the blocked Chandigarh-Manali highway following a landslide triggered by continuous rain in Himachal Pradesh, in Mandi district. Photo: PTI

4.바카라 웹사이트Monsoon rains lashed parts of Jammu and Kashmir, bringing respite from heatwave conditions, even as the weatherman has forecast more rainfall in the next few days. However, the바카라 웹사이트heavy rainfall triggered shooting stones and landslides that blocked the Jammu-Srinagar national highway (NH44) at Mehad and Seri area of the Ramban district, said officials.바카라 웹사이트

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Vehicles stuck on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway after it got blocked due to landslides following rainfall, in Jammu & Kashmir. Photo: PTI

5. Two people were killed in rain-related incidents as heavy rains lashed various parts of Uttarakhand on Sunday amid an 'orange alert' issued by the Met office for several districts.바카라 웹사이트Over the past 24 hours, Haridwar received the maximum rainfall of 78.5 mm, followed by Dehradun with 33.2 mm, Tehri 26.2 mm, Pauri 15.1 mm and Pithoragarh 12.6 mm. Several areas also witnessed waterlogging.바카라 웹사이트

6. The Kedarnath Yatra was stopped at Uttarakhand's Sonprayag due to heavy rain in Rudraprayag district, officials announced on Sunday.바카라 웹사이트Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami바카라 웹사이트advised Char Dham pilgrims to proceed on their journey only after taking a weather update. The Char Dham Yatra consists of the four holy shrines: Gangotri, Yamunotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath.

7. While the flood situation in Assam slightly improved, around 4.01 lakh people in 15 districts are still facing the impact of the flood, according to the Assam Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). The deluge has affected 1,118 villages across 42 revenue circles in districts including Bajali, Baksa, Barpeta, Chirang, Darrang, Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Golaghat, Jorhat, Kamrup, Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Nalbari, and Tamulpur.

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Villagers wade through a flooded area at Dhamdhama village in Nalbari district. Photo: PTI

8. On Sunday, more than 120 people were rescued and shifted to safer places in Assam by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) which has deployed ten teams to undertake flood relief operations in the state.바카라 웹사이트바카라 웹사이트So far, three persons have lost their lives in this year's first wave of flood in different parts of the state, the ASDMA바카라 웹사이트said.

9.바카라 웹사이트Neighbouring states of바카라 웹사이트Punjab and Haryana too were lashed by rain during the past 24 hours, the weather office said on Monday.바카라 웹사이트Delhi witnessed pleasant weather conditions on Monday morning with the minimum temperature settling at 25.4 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season's average.

10.바카라 웹사이트The Southwest Monsoon is in the process of resuming its trajectory post-Cyclone Biparjoy, which has been the longest storm in the Arabian Sea.바카라 웹사이트The delay in monsoon resulted in a rainfall deficit for some of the Southern states, and thus more rainfall is expected as the southwest monsoon continues to make its way across the states, IMD said earlier.

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