Rains play havoc in
Goa, AP, Kerala
Press Trust of India
23 June 2007
Torrential rains wreaked havoc in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala,
Goa and parts of Maharashtra, claiming 60 lives and prompting
authorities to evacuate thousands of people even as the army
joined rescue and relief operations in worst-hit Kurnool district.
The highest number of deaths -- 41 -- was reported in Andhra
Pradesh and the rains triggered by a depression over the Bay
of Bengal claimed 20 lives in Kurnool, which remained cut
off from the rest of the state.
The flash floods left a trail of death and destruction and
disrupted communications and road and rail traffic. Hundreds
were stranded in buses and trains as roads and railway tracks
were submerged at several places.
The coastal stretches in Andhra Pradesh and Kerala were the
worst hit though life in urban areas was also thrown out of
gear with power, water supply and traffic being disrupted
in many places for the second day today.
Rain-related deaths were reported since yesterday from Guntur,
Guntur, Prakasam, Kadapa, Srikakulam, Karimnagar, East Godavari,
Mahaboobnagar and Hyderabad.
Eleven people, mostly construction workers, were killed when
two walls collapsed after heavy rains lashed Pune and its
suburbs. Two couples died after being struck by lightning
in Nasik district last evening.
Four members of a family were killed in a landslip in Wayanad
district, taking the toll in rain-related incidents in Kerala
to 10.
Two helicopters ferried relief materials to Kurnool town,
whose low-lying areas were submerged by flood waters. An army
column with 100 personnel was in Kurnool to assist the civil
administration in relief operations.
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