Rain continued to pummel several parts of the State, claiming two lives and flooding houses and farmlands on Monday.
In the last three days, the coastal districts of Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Uttara Kannada have recorded an average rainfall of 267 mm against the average rainfall of 108.9 mm recorded in the past 40 years, said the officers of the Revenue Department.
Tropical storm Dora, the fourth named storm of the Pacific hurricane season, formed off the coast of Central America Monday threatening to dump heavy rains on the coffee and sugar growing region.
The storm, with winds of about 40 mph, could reach hurricane strength by Wednesday but is not forecast to make a direct hit on land, the U.S.
A total of 219 roads under the purview of the Public Works Department in seven districts of the Garhwal division have been closed due to landslides and mudslides caused by incessant rains.
According to official sources, it will take between a week and a fortnight to reopen these roads to regular traffic depending on the weather.
Three persons died and 10 went missing in a landslide at Purtimkanda VDC, Rukum, on Thursday night.
Police said Amrita Gharti (16), Sabina Gharti (9) and Ramesh Gharti (4) of Bhala Takuri were killed in the landslip. The family members of Dhan Singh Gharti went missing in the incident.
Landslides triggered by continuous rain in Rukum and Nuwakot districts killed 16 people, including seven minors, on Thursday night.
Thirteen people were perished in separate landslides that took place at Purtimkada VDC. Ten people of a same family were killed when a house came under the landslide at Purtimkada VDC-3.
An eight-year-old girl was washed away as she tried to cross an overflowing nullah on her way to school in Tilwari Bur village of Kalsi near here while it was pouring heavily on Friday, the police said.
A special report by Down to Earth on the 252-MW dam proposed by Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam on the river Pindar in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district that would reduce the river’s 22-km stretch to a mere trickle and threaten the life & ways of 20,000 inhabitants of the district.
Kohima : Incessant medium to heavy downpour throughout Nagaland has caused landslides in all the districts and damaged roads, cultivated lands and other property over a month.
Rajendra KC is living in fear ever since a landslide occurred at Kaire village in Kavre's Kushadevi VDC three days ago.
The landslide has blocked the flow of Roshikhola river and the water level has increased. KC is worried that the river may rise and flood his settlement any time soon.
Like KC, residents of Kushadevi and Bhumidanda VDCs along the river are at risk of flood.
