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Asifabad: A 30-year-old daily wage earner was washed away in a flooded stream while his wife and friend managed to escape the flood fury at Sungapur village in Tiryani mandal on Sunday night. The incident came to light on Monday. The body is yet to be traced. Tiryani Sub-Inspector P Rama Rao said the deceased, […]

The police led by Three Town inspector Praveen Kumar reached the spot after they were alerted by the locals

The sudden showers, which took commuters on the road by surprise, also triggered traffic jams in some areas, with waterlogging being reported on several thoroughfares

As of 9:00 a.m. local time (1:00 GMT) 530 mm of rainfall were recorded in Liulin, with floodwaters rising to up to 5 meters (16 feet).

Eyewitnesses claimed the administration team could not reach the spot in time due to lack of a proper road connecting the village.

The Delhi Police and the East Delhi district administration have started evacuating people living on the floodplains of the Yamuna in the capital.

The district administration is arranging the necessary equipment at the spot for a prompt rescue operation by the NDRF.

Almost half of Velus village located near Valpoi town in Sattari, is inundated, while several other villages were cut off as roads and culverts are under water, eyewitnesses said.

The Indian Meteorological Department had sounded a red alert for Telangana on Thursday, warning of heavy to very heavy rains in several districts of the State.

As many as 13 mandals received large excess rainfall, and irrigation projects were brimming with water.