Overview

• Officials said a breach at the four-decade-old Luti reservoir in Dhaneshpur village caused fatalities and left two people unaccounted for in Balrampur district.
• Water surged into nearby homes and fields late Tuesday night following heavy rainfall, sweeping residents away.
• Rescuers recovered two bodies overnight and two more on Wednesday morning, and search operations are continuing for the missing.
• The IMD reported heavy to very heavy rainfall in the area over the past 24 hours and expects continued rain over the next day.
• Meteorologists attribute the conditions to a low-pressure system over the North West Bay of Bengal that is likely to move toward North Chhattisgarh and eastern Madhya Pradesh.