Floods LIVE updates: Death toll rises to 29 in Pune, Maharashtra

Following incessant rain in catchment areas in Trimbakeshwar tehsil of Nashik district, 5,104 cusec water is being released from Gangapur dam into the Godavari river on Friday, irrigation officials said.

The water level of the Godavari has risen but it is flowing within its banks, they said.

As much as 11,788 cusec water is being released from Darna dam in the district.

Gangapur and Darna dams were filled up 91 per cent and 89 per cent, respectively, officials said.

Of the 24 reservoirs in Nashik district, 22 are full.

Twenty seven labourers stranded due to flooding caused by sudden rise in the water level of Chandrika river in Akola district of Maharashtra following heavy rains, were rescued, an official said on Friday.

The labourers, roped in by the forest department, had gone to plant saplings near Deori village on Thursday morning when they got stuck there due to flooding. All of them were moved to safety by late evening, the official said.

"The forest department has roped in the labourers, all from Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh, to carry out the task of planting saplings on its vacant plots. When they began the plantation work on Thursday morning, there were no signs of flooding," forest department official A N Bawne said.

A woman and her son were killed in a cloudburst in Tehri district, while two others were swept away after a flooded rivulet inundated their house in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district in the early hours of Friday, officials said.

Heavy rains have wreaked havoc in the hills of Uttarakhand, washing away houses, cowsheds and bridges besides destroying crops.        A cloudburst flattened a house in Tharti village of Tehri district at 3 am, killing a 30-year-old woman and her six-year-old son, sub-divisional magistrate Shiv Charan Dwivedi said.              The woman's 12-year-old daughter was rescued from the rubble and rushed to a hospital in nearby Pilkhi for treatment, he said. Bodies of the mother and her son have been recovered, he said.

Authorities have evacuated 80,000 more people from flood-hit and rain-affected areas in Karnataka, where the rain fury in the last few days has left nine people dead.

Joint rescue teams comprising personnel from Fire and Emergency Department, State Disaster Response Force, National Disaster Response Force and Army have evacuated 1,24,291 people so far, an official statement said Friday.

A total of 6 bodies have been recovered so far, from Meppadi in Wayanad district, where a landslide occurred yesterday.

Army personnel have been deployed in three districts - Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta and Ernakulam. In addition to this, two columns of Armymen have been kept standby at the military station. Army sub-area Bangalore is coordinating the entire flood operations in Kerala i.e. both Kannur DSC and Pangode military station Trivandrum.

With Kochi Airport suspending its operations, a number of flights from and to Bengaluru scheduled for today have been cancelled.

Traffic movement, through Pattambi bridge, stops. The bridge is flooded as Bharathappuzha river is overflowing.

Sixty people have been rescued by NDRF from Puthumala near Meppadi in Wayanad where the landslide occurred on Thursday.

More than 500 passengers stranded in Kolhapur's Kini village, due to heavy rains in the region.

Indian Air Force teams carry out flood relief operations in Belagavi. A total of 25 civilians have been rescued by winching from Roggi, Halolli, Udhagatti & Girdal. Around 475 food packets along with drinking water dropped in affected areas.

According to a  defence source, around 150 civilians are trapped in the Puthumala estate in Wayanad's Meppad where a massive landslide occurred last evening. Army personnel from DSC Kannur have reached the spot and are engaged in rescue operations.

Houses submerge in flood water in Aluva's Kuttamassery area in Kochi, following heavy rainfall in the region.

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams continue rescue operation in Kolhapur.

Incessant rain in Kerala have claimed 23 lives in the past two days. Over 22,000 people have been shifted to some 315 relief camps across the state, officials said

A woman and her seven-year-old daughter were swept away after a flooded rivulet inundated their house in Chamoli district on Friday following heavy rains which destroyed crops, houses, cowsheds and bridges.

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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan will review the flood situation at 10 AM at his conference hall and likely to brief the media after the meeting

IMD issues red alert in Kerala, holiday declared in 14 districts. Rains and landslides paralyse the state, Navy mobilises rescue efforts for flood-affected areas.

Top officials of Larsen and Toubro Ltd, HDFC Bank and Paytm have donated about ₹15 crore to the Chief Ministers Relief Fund in Bihar.

A cheque of ₹10 crore was presented to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by the CEO and MD of Larsen and Toubro Shailesh Roy in presence of assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Chaudhary on Thursday, a release said.

The Kochi International airport on Friday suspended all operations till Sunday as the runway area in the airport is water logged due to flood, the airport authorities said.

"Kochi Airport closes operations till 1500 hrs of Sunday (11/08/2019)," a statement issued by the Airport said.