Overview

• A landslide in Raigad’s Mithekhar village killed 75-year-old Vitha Motiram Gaikar, taking the two-day toll from rain-related incidents to eight, police said.
• Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis put Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg on high alert and called the next 48 hours critical after reviewing the flood situation.
• The IMD linked the surge to a Bay of Bengal low that activated a trough and forecast very heavy to extremely heavy rain for Konkan and parts of central Maharashtra over the next two days.
• Rescue operations by the SDRF, NDRF and the Army are underway statewide, with more than 290 people evacuated from flooded villages in Nanded.
• Dam authorities began or increased controlled releases at Radhanagari, Chandoli and Koyna, pushing rivers above or near danger marks, while officials reported nearly 10 lakh hectares of farmland inundated.