1,400 died in three months across India due to rain and floods
1,400 died in three months across India due to rain and floods The Union home ministry’s National Emergency Response Centre said on Monday that 1400 people have died from rain and flood related causes since May 28. 488 people died in the Kerala floods alone. Uttar Pradesh recorded the second-highest number of fatalities at 254. On Monday, 10 people died in Uttar Pradesh and 13 were killed in Uttarakhand. On Monday, the casualties in UP were due to lightning strike and building collapse across five districts – Jhansi , Etawah, Firozbad, Raebareli, Auraiya and Shamli – which have been hit by heavy rain since late last week. The deaths in Uttarakhand were of passengers travelling on a vehicle that fell into a gorge after being hit by a landslide. On Sunday, around 180 tourists were evacuated from Mussoorie’s famous Kempty Falls after heavy rain made water from the 40-foot fall spill onto the main road. West Bengal recorded the third highest number of deaths at 210 in West Bengal, while in Karnataka, 170 died. Maharashtra was the fifth state with more than 100 fatalities. Forty-three people have been missing – 15 in Kerala, 14 in Uttar Pradesh, five in West Bengal, six in Uttarakhand and three in Karnataka, while 386 have been injured in rain-related incidents in the 10 states. In Assam, 11.47 lakh people have borne the brunt of the rains and floods, which have also hit crops on 27,964 hectares of land. In West Bengal, the deluges have hit 2.28 lakh people and damaged crops on 48,552 hectares of land. -PTC News
