Heavy rain continues to lash many parts of Maharashtra

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Mumbai,
Aug
08:
Heavy
showers
continued
in
many
parts
of
Maharashtra
on
Monday
morning
including
Sindhudurg,
Ratnagiri,
Gadchiroli,
Nashik,
Satara
and
Solapur
districts
and
Mumbai,
resulting
in
waterlogging
in
several
low-lying
areas
of
the
city.

Due
to
heavy
rains
at
Kankavali
in
Sindhudurg
for
the
second
day
in
a
row,
the
traffic
on
the
Kankavali-Achra
route
was
completely
blocked
twice.

Life
was
disrupted
in
Ratnagiri
due
to
heavy
rains
in
many
places.
Jagbudi
river
near
Khed
and
Kajli
river
in
Lanja
are
flowing
above
the
warning
level.
Citizens
living
on
the
banks
of
the
Vashishti
River
have
been
cautioned.
Guhagar
was
too
hit
hard
by
heavy
rains.
Water
has
entered
the
paddy
fields
in
Asgoli
and
the
connection
to
Guhagar
was
lost
due
to
the
water
flowing
over
the
bridge
connecting
Guhagar.

Odisha,
Bengal
brace
for
heavy
rain;
IMD
issues
yellow
alert
for
Mumbai

The
Meteorological
Department
has
issued
a
red
warning
of
heavy
rain
for
another
24
hours.
Fishermen
have
been
warned
not
to
venture
into
the
sea
till
August
11
as
winds
are
likely
to
blow
at
a
speed
of
45
to
55
kilometers
per
hour.

Gadchiroli
town
and
other
parts
of
the
district
received
rain
and
thunder
yesterday
evening.
There
was
heavy
rain
in
some
parts
of
Nashik
district
in
the
afternoon.
The
Meteorological
department
has
issued
an
orange
alert
in
the
district
for
today.
It
rained
heavily
for
an
hour
yesterday
afternoon
in
most
parts
of
the
Jalna
district.
The
rain
continued
in
various
parts
of
the
Satara
and
Solapur
districts
too.

14
units
of
NDRF
and
SDRF
have
been
deployed
by
the
administration
to
deal
with
the
flood
situation
in
the
state.