Heavy rains in Vidarbha, flood water recedes in Yavatmal and Buldhana

Akola in Vidarbha region in Maharashtra continues to receive heavy rains and the district recorded more than mm rainfall on Saturday itself. He told that about 110 people stranded due to flood in Anandnagar Tanda village of Mahagaon tehsil in Yavatmal district of Vidarbha were rescued on Saturday. Maharashtra Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Anil Patil visited Yavatmal on Sunday to take stock of the situation. According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), heavy rain is likely in Amravati district, while cloudy weather is expected in other parts of Vidarbha. In Akola 107.9 mm of rain occurred. Whereas, Yavatmal received mm, Wardha 24.4 mm, Amravati 24.6 mm, Nagpur 6.7 mm, Gadchiroli 3.0 mm, Gondia 2.2 mm, Brahmapuri (Chandrapur) 2.4 mm and Buldhana 2.0 mm.

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