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The water level in the project reached 589.60 feet as against Full Reservoir Level of 590 feet. The present storage of water in the project is 312.04 TMCs as against gross storage capacity of 310.84 TMCs.

The monarchy has long been considered sacrosanct in Thailand, and is protected by a law that makes defaming senior royals punishable by a prison term of three to 15 years.

The HMWS&SB authorities had opened the gates of the Himayatsagar on two instances in last one week following heavy inflows into the River Musi.

The zoo was closed on Wednesday and Thursday to pump out water from animal enclosures and other areas where water was stagnated

The decision to breach the bund was taken after inflows increased to 1.83 lakh cusecs in the early hours of Wednesday.

"Property loss cannot be prevented during such disasters. But we are making all efforts to avoid loss of lives including forcible eviction. I express my heartfelt condolences to those who died in these incidents,"

"At least 156 wildfires were reported in the three governorates, with significant spread reported across several areas on October 9 and 10."

Argentina is hoping to renegotiate repayments on the debt agreed in 2018 under previous president Mauricio Macri.

The drug often arrives concealed in cargos of fruit or in the walls of shipping containers, mainly from Brazil, Ecuador and Colombia.

It said up to 50 structures were destroyed and conditions remained "challenging" on Monday, with 11 helicopters and nine fire crews attempting to contain the flames.