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Most of the drains are choked, spilling dirty water on roads.

The highway leading to pilgrim centre of Velankanni from Nagapattianam was highly damaged, sources said.

"As the rains are expected to continue till the middle of December, Manimutharu dam too will get to its maximum," said a PWD official

The rocking rains began to flood the low-lying areas in Coonoor town.

As per an initial evaluation, crops on 54.22 lakh hectares across 325 talukas in the state have been damaged.

Dakshina Kannada's Deputy Commissioner has declared a holiday for schools and colleges in the district on Friday.

Bhosale, who won the seat, quit the party ahead of Assembly polls and joined the BJP, which has fielded him for the by-election.

However, Mumbai is likely to receive moderate rain towards afternoon, with the temperature oscillating between 25 and 34 degrees Celsius.

GHMC asks residents and office-goers to maintain staggered timings, as the rush could lead to snarls.

Adding to woes, broken branches damaged several power lines, cars.

UP received record rainfall - 1700 per cent above normal - on Friday. The eastern parts of the state are worst hit.

Adding to the woes is traders holding back stocks fearing damage in rains during transportation.

The weather department has issued a warning of very heavy rainfall over the next two days in several parts of the state.

Three teams of NDRF including one in Baramati and two others in city area have been deployed in the district of search and rescue operation.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has declared a state of emergency for 13 counties in southeastern Texas.

The IMD has predicted 'heavy to very heavy' rainfall with extremely heavy falls at isolated places over central Maharashtra.

Back on July 19, in the drought stricken Bhopal, the frogs were wedded in a belief that it would please the lord Indra and bring rains.

Heavy rains lashed several parts of MP on Sunday, with IMD predicting heavy to very heavy downpour in 32 districts till Monday morning.

Traffic on western, southern, northern and eastern suburbs of Mumbai remained normal on Saturday.

There are only seven class rooms in the school, most of which except three are in a bad condition.