Over 130 dead in Maharashtra, neighbouring states as incessant rain causes flooding, landslides

More than 130 people have died due to heavy rain in Maharashtra and its neighbouring states in the last 48 hours, PTI reported on Friday night, quoting disaster management officials.

The toll includes 38 deaths in a landslide in Talai village of the coastal Raigad district. Around 50 villagers are feared trapped after landslides in Satara and Ratnagiri districts, according to The Indian Express.

The situation is worrying in neighbouring states too. Several parts of Goa, including Sattari and Bicholim blocks in the north and Dharbandora in the south, face a flood-like situation. In Karnataka, three people died due to heavy rain in the last 24 hours. About 9,000 people have been evacuated from the state after landslides occurred in eight places.

The weather department has issued a red alert for the next 24 hours in six districts of Maharashtra and some parts of Karnataka. Several other districts have been put under orange and yellow alerts. Red alerts have been issued in isolated parts of eastern and western Madhya Pradesh too.

A red alert is issued to ask district authorities to “take action”, an orange alert to “stay prepared”, while a yellow alert asks them to “be aware”.

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