Gondia: Two individuals had been killed after a two-storey home collapsed amid heavy rainfall in Maharashtra’s Gondia district within the wee hours of Tuesday, an official stated.
Heavy rains lashed the district within the final 24 hours, with the Kamtha circle in Gondia tehsil recording the best rainfall of 292.three mm, the official stated.
The Regional Meteorological Centre in Gapur has sounded a crimson alert for the district for the subsequent 24 hours.
A two-storey home collapsed in Rameshwaram Colony within the Fulchurtola space of Gondia metropolis within the wee hours of the day, killing two individuals, district catastrophe administration officer Rajan Choubey stated.
Groups from the hearth brigade and police reached the spot to hold out the search and rescue operation, the official stated, including that a number of localities within the metropolis had been inundated.
The district catastrophe aid crew rescued three individuals stranded at a temple in Sirpur in Deori, and a petroleum tanker obtained swept away within the robust currents of the Bagh River.
A number of roads had been closed autos, and rains have broken homes and destroyed crops in lots of components of the district, officers stated.
In 24 hours ending at eight am, Deori acquired 210.three mm of rain, adopted by Gondia with 207.9 mm, Salekasa with 195.9 mm and Sadak Arjuni with 187 mm, they stated.
