Overview

• Torrential monsoon downpours on July 8–9 flooded six Vidarbha districts—Nagpur, Wardha, Gondia, Bhandara, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur—resulting in eight fatalities.
• Officials report that 40 houses fully collapsed, 1,927 sustained partial damage, 209 cattle sheds were wrecked and 715 residents were relocated to safer sites.
• Agricultural losses have surpassed 20,854 hectares of cropland, affecting some 29,920 farmers and leading to at least 21 large and 14 small livestock deaths across the region.
• Under a government resolution from May 30, emergency financial aid has been disbursed to households with collapsed homes and relief deadlines extended for vendors and small shopkeepers.
• The Indian Meteorological Department warns of heavy to very heavy rainfall in all south Bengal districts through Tuesday morning, raising the prospect of fresh flooding.