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The High-Level Committee (HLC), chaired by the Union Minister for Home Affairs Shri Amit Shah, met in New Delhi today to consider additional central assistance to seven states, which were affected by floods/ landslides/cloudburst during southwest monsoon 2019. High-Level Committee approved additional central assistance of Rs. 5908.56 crore to seven States from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF)

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19 teams of the National Disaster Response Force have been deployed in Bihar due to floods following torrential rains. NDRF teams are carrying out rescue and evacuation operations along with other agencies in the flood-affected areas. The death toll in Bihar has risen to 29 owing to rain related incidents in the state. The state government has requested the Indian Air Force for two helicopters to aid in rescue operations. 

National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) would have four new battalions in addition to 12. They will be in Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and the National Capital Region.  

More fires have broken out across the Amazon in Brazil, even as Brazillian warfare dumped water over hard-hit areas. G7 Nations joined hands in helping Brazil out of the disaster, but Brazil president rejected the offer of $22million aid.
 

Ministry of home affairs has approved Rs 4432.1 crore in additional Central assistance to the states of Odisha, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh
 

Villages in Andhra Pradesh faced floods. Scores evacuated after 24 villages were inundated by floods. According to the State Disaster Management Authority, a total of 4,352 houses marooned in Krishna, Guntur districts

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Though last year the Southern districts of Kerala faced the brunt of nature's fury, this time around it is the northern parts of the state which are at the receiving end of the monsoon onslaught.

 

The annual exercise conducted for both Tamil Nadu and Puducherry was held to refine standard operating procedures in disaster relief operations and to ensure all agencies work in unison when disasters occur.

The disaster management department has put the total number of people hit by floods in Bihar at 88.46 lakh in 1,269 panchayats of the 13 districts