At least 17 dead, 11 missing after heavy rainfall in India

At least 17 people died while 11 were reported missing in rain-related incidents in India's Gujarat and southern Rajasthan in the past 48 hours even as heavy showers continued to affect the two neighboring states for the third consecutive day on August 27, officials said, Report informs referring to The Hindustan Times.

Most of the reservoirs in the rain impacted region in the two states were overflowing with state government officials saying that overflowing water from reservoirs could mean more flooding in the coming days.

The heavy rainfall in the region is due to formation of intense weather system caused by deep depression formed over eastern Rajasthan and adjoining west Madhya Pradesh, which has moved towards Gujarat.

“The depression was likely to continue to move west-southwest wards across south Rajasthan and Gujarat region and reach Saurashtra and Kutch and adjoining areas of Pakistan and the northeast Arabian Sea by the morning of August 29,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.