Flood fury in northern India continues claiming lives and leaving many thousands homeless

Heavy rains over the week in the northern States of India have left a trail of destruction and also claimed casualties, with two dead in Rajasthan and around 25000 people displaced in Gujarat alone.
Heavy rains over the week in the northern States of India  have left a trail of destruction and also claimed casualties, with two dead in Rajasthan and around 25000 people displaced in Gujarat alone. A scene in Udaipur district of Rajasthan on Monday. (Photo | PTI)
Heavy rains over the week in the northern States of India have left a trail of destruction and also claimed casualties, with two dead in Rajasthan and around 25000 people displaced in Gujarat alone. A scene in Udaipur district of Rajasthan on Monday. (Photo | PTI)
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Rains have lashed several parts of the country, including parts of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and even Himachal Pradesh over the week. Rescue work is carried out after a jeep got swept away by the flood from the Chittoda bridge in Udaipur on Monday. (Photo | PTI)
Rains have lashed several parts of the country, including parts of West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and even Himachal Pradesh over the week. Rescue work is carried out after a jeep got swept away by the flood from the Chittoda bridge in Udaipur on Monday. (Photo | PTI)
In Gujarat, around 25,000 people have been evacuated after several districts in the north and central parts of the State were flooded following heavy rains. People watch after a small bridge on the Deesa Dhanera highway was washed away in Gujarat on Tuesday. (Photo | AP)
In Gujarat, around 25,000 people have been evacuated after several districts in the north and central parts of the State were flooded following heavy rains. People watch after a small bridge on the Deesa Dhanera highway was washed away in Gujarat on Tuesday. (Photo | AP)
A high alert has been sounded as more than 20 highways of the State were inundated. The washed away Maliya-Miyana highway after heavy rains in Morbi district in Gujarat. (File photo | PTI)
A high alert has been sounded as more than 20 highways of the State were inundated. The washed away Maliya-Miyana highway after heavy rains in Morbi district in Gujarat. (File photo | PTI)
Uttar Pradesh too experienced rainfall at several places, with Varanasi recording nearly 100 mm of rain, according to reports. A man from a stranded bus watches a rickshaw puller negotiating through a waterlogged street following heavy rains in Allahabad. (Photo | AP)
Uttar Pradesh too experienced rainfall at several places, with Varanasi recording nearly 100 mm of rain, according to reports. A man from a stranded bus watches a rickshaw puller negotiating through a waterlogged street following heavy rains in Allahabad. (Photo | AP)
A pedestrian wades through a waterlogged street following heavy rains in Allahabad. (Photo | AP)
A pedestrian wades through a waterlogged street following heavy rains in Allahabad. (Photo | AP)
A rickshaw puller transporting passengers wades through a waterlogged street following heavy rains in Allahabad. (Photo | AP)
A rickshaw puller transporting passengers wades through a waterlogged street following heavy rains in Allahabad. (Photo | AP)
A girl holds on to the back of an autorickshaw in a flooded street with other children after heavy monsoon rain in Ahmedabad.(File Photo | AP)
A girl holds on to the back of an autorickshaw in a flooded street with other children after heavy monsoon rain in Ahmedabad.(File Photo | AP)
People residing in low lying areas move their belongings to safer places after flooding of River Sabarmati in Ahmedabad, India. (Photo | AP)
People residing in low lying areas move their belongings to safer places after flooding of River Sabarmati in Ahmedabad, India. (Photo | AP)
Six people were reported to have died in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir after heavy rains and cloudburst over the week. A man carries milk containers as he wades through flooded road after heavy rains in Jammu on Monday. (Photo | PTI)
Six people were reported to have died in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir after heavy rains and cloudburst over the week. A man carries milk containers as he wades through flooded road after heavy rains in Jammu on Monday. (Photo | PTI)
West Bengal too saw heavy rains lashing its capital and inundating its thoroughfares and choking traffic.  Commuters with their umbrellas during the downpour at a railway station in Kolkata. (File Photo | PTI)
West Bengal too saw heavy rains lashing its capital and inundating its thoroughfares and choking traffic. Commuters with their umbrellas during the downpour at a railway station in Kolkata. (File Photo | PTI)
The IMD has forecast heavy rainfall to continue in many states, with some anticipating the weather to continue till the end of the month. People walk on the road while covering themselves with plastic during rainfall in Kolkata on Sunday.(File Photo | PTI)
The IMD has forecast heavy rainfall to continue in many states, with some anticipating the weather to continue till the end of the month. People walk on the road while covering themselves with plastic during rainfall in Kolkata on Sunday.(File Photo | PTI)

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