Savitri river engulfs part of bridge; Bihar floods kill 1 more

Heavy rains over parts of western India in the past few days took a toll as swollen Savitri river swept away a road bridge in Maharashtra even though Assam witnessed further improvement in the flood situation today whereas Bihar recorded its 61st death.
Two persons died and over 20 were missing after two buses were swept away in Savitri waters when the British-era bridge on the Mumbai-Goa Highway near Mahad in Raigad collapsed.
Two state transport buses, with 18 passengers and four crew members, have gone missing after the bridge collapsed late last night.
"The primary reason seems to be the high pressure caused due to flooding of river Savitri because of heavy rains in catchment of Mahabaleshwar," Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said.

Mahabaleshwar, Mahad and Poladpur in Konkan have been experiencing very heavy showers in the last two days recording 410 mm, 222 mm and 184 mm rainfall respectively.
After heavy rainfall for over a week, the national capital had a sunny and sultry day with the mercury settling two notches above normal. The maximum temperature was recorded at 36 degrees Celsius while the minimum settled at 26.2.

With one fresh death reported from Gopalganj, the toll in Bihar floods, which have affected 31 lakh people in 13 districts, today rose to 61 with many areas still under water.
With heavy rains in Nepal's Terai, river Ganga at Kahalgaon in Bhagalpur remained above the danger mark.

Floods in Assam have shown marginal improvement over yesterday with no more deaths reported in the past two days though nearly eight lakh people are suffering in 14 districts.
Till yesterday, nearly 10 lakh people were affected by the floods across 804 villages in 19 districts. As of now, Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger mark at Nematighat in Jorhat and Dhubri town.
Carcass of an adult male rhino was recovered from the Kaziranga National Park taking the total number of animal death to 311 in the current wave of floods.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall with gusty surface wind are likely to lash parts of Odisha due to a fresh low pressure formed over the Bay of Bengal as incessant rains disrupted normal life in several areas.

While yesterday's low pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal now lies over north Chhattisgarh and its neighbourhood, a fresh low pressure area has formed over northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast. Under its impact, rain or thundershower are likely to occur in most places in the state.
In Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu district, two youths drowned in a rainwater pit in when they accidentally slipped into it while taking bath.
Several districts of West Bengal received light to moderate rainfall except Cooch Behar, which recorded heavy precipitation, as day temperatures remained low owing to cloudy conditions.