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Monsoon Spells Kill Scores, Trigger Widespread Flooding, Landslides and Rescue Operations Across India

Continued India Meteorological Department warnings raise the risk of new flash floods and landslides, complicating ongoing search, evacuation and relief work.

Overview

  • A rain‑triggered landslide in Mumbai’s Ghatkopar on Wednesday buried shanties at Gaushiya Chawl, killed two people and left several others feared trapped while BMC, Mumbai Fire Brigade, NDRF and police conduct search and rescue operations.
  • Assam’s Disaster Reporting and Information Management System put the flood death toll at about 100–101 and reported roughly 137,590 people affected with more than 11,900 hectares of cropland submerged and thousands sheltered in relief camps.
  • Himachal Pradesh is reporting large-scale damage to roads, power and water systems with blocked highways and hundreds of properties damaged, but official casualty totals differ across bulletins with figures cited between about 70 and 157 dead.
  • In Madhya Pradesh a van was swept away in Rajgarh on August 10, killing nine members of a family, while state authorities say rescue teams have pulled at least 527 people from flood‑hit areas and the chief minister announced relief payments.
  • The IMD continues to warn of heavy rains at district level so multiple states are keeping large‑scale evacuations, relief camps and resource deployments active as officials assess medium‑term losses to infrastructure and crops.