Heavy rains led to swelling of many rivers in the country with two deaths reported in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh on Saturday while the flood situation remained grim in Assam where seven more persons have died in the deluge taking the toll to 59.
Two persons lost their lives in Sivasagar, one each was killed in flood-related incidents in Morigaon, Bongaigaon, South Salmara, Sonitpur and Jorhat districts.
With this, the total number of persons losing their lives in this year's flood-related incidents has gone up to 59, which includes eight in Guwahati. Nearly 12 lakh people in 24 districts are affected by the deluge.
Around 52 per cent area of Kaziranga National Park was submerged which led to death of some animals while some others moved to nearby highlands. At present 1,795 villages in the state are inundated. The worst affected is South Salmara, where over 3.07 lakh people have been affected by the deluge. The Brahmaputra river is flowing above the danger mark at four places –Nimatighat in Jorhat, Tezpur in Sonitpur, Goalpara and Dhubri towns.
A major portion of the National Highway 2 between Nagaland and Manipur was severely damaged due to a landslide near Viswema village in Nagaland's Kohima district.
With monsoon remaining active in Uttar Pradesh, waters in major rivers like Ghaghra and Sharda were flowing above the danger mark at some places in the state.
The danger of floods was looming over villages in four tehsils of Barabanki district with Nepal releasing water in the Ghaghra river.
With several villages of Ramsanehi ghat and Sirauli Gauspur tehsils inundated, locals have taken shelter on the river embankments, officials said adding relief was being provided to the affected people.
Two minor boys were washed away by the rising waters of the river Ganga after their bullock cart overturned in Sambhal district. The body of one of the boys has been recovered.
The river Sharda was flowing above the red mark at Palia Kalan the Ghaghra river has crossed the danger mark at Elgin Bridge in Barabanki.
Heavy rains lashed parts of Rajasthan with Sirohi in Mount Abu recording 17 cm rainfall, the highest in the state.
Pipalkhut and Kotda in Udaipur both received 10 cm rains till this morning. Abu Road and Reodar, Bakani gauged 9 cm rainfall.
In Gujarat, heavy rains lashed parts of the state, including Morbi, Surendranagar and Rajkot districts, leading to reservoirs and rivers overflowing their banks, resulting in the death of one person.
Hundreds of people in these three districts were shifted to safer places from low-lying areas near rivers and dams. In Rajkot, authorities have asked citizens not to venture out of their houses.