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Rain pounds Marathwada again

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In a story of drought-to-deluge, the Marathwada region was pounded by heavy rain yet again on Friday and Saturday, with several places being inundated due to the downpour.

More than 100 people were stranded at various places, and the administration sought help from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

Heavy to very heavy rainfall was reported in all the eight districts of Marathwada region — Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Nanded, Parbhani and Hingoli.
Latur and Nanded districts received the maximum rainfall in the region, reports said. At least two deaths were reported because of rain-related incidents.

"Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected in the next 48 hours," according to the Regional Meteorological Observatory of the IMD.

I​n Mavalgaon in Latur, eight people in a village were stranded, while in Renapur taluk of Beed around 10 people were stranded. Parts of the Jalkot taluk in Latur were cut off due to rain and flooding.

The disaster management unit was coordinating with different agencies for choppers to carry out rescue operations. According to Skymet Weather, the cyclonic circulation will further move westwards and as a result, intensity of rain will increase over Marathwada, madhya Maharashtra and coastal Maharashtra.In a story of drought-to-deluge, the Marathwada region was pounded by heavy rain yet again on Friday and Saturday, with several places being inundated due to the downpour.

More than 100 people were stranded at various places, and the administration sought help from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

Heavy to very heavy rainfall was reported in all the eight districts of Marathwada region — Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Osmanabad, Latur, Nanded, Parbhani and Hingoli.
Latur and Nanded districts received the maximum rainfall in the region, reports said. At least two deaths were reported because of rain-related incidents.

"Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected in the next 48 hours,” according to the Regional Meteorological Observatory of the IMD.

I​n Mavalgaon in Latur, eight people in a village were stranded, while in Renapur taluk of Beed around 10 people were stranded. Parts of the Jalkot taluk in Latur were cut off due to rain and flooding.

The disaster management unit was coordinating with different agencies for choppers to carry out rescue operations. According to Skymet Weather, the cyclonic circulation will further move westwards and as a result, intensity of rain will increase over Marathwada, madhya Maharashtra and coastal Maharashtra.

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