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Speaking to reporters, Kolhapur's superintendent of police Abhinav Deshmukh said that Mumbai-Bengaluru national highway No 4 was partially opened to let trucks carrying relief materials reach to areas affected due to flooding

The wait for Karnataka chief minister Yediyurappa’s new Cabinet will only get longer as he is preoccupied with flood-related activities and talk about the issue only on August 16 when he meets Union home minister Amit Shah to finalise the expansion

The deceased mother and the child in Kerala floods were identified as Geethu (21) and one and a-half-year old Dhruv
 

The 19-year-old passionate boxer, along with his supportive father swam 2.5 km in floodwaters to let him reach his district boxing teammates as they were heading to Bengaluru for a boxing competition

2.3 cusecs water has been released from Tungabhadra Dam in Karnataka.  Incessant rains in Karnataka have caused dams to fill more than they can hold.
 

Rains wreak havoc not only in Karnataka and Kerala but also in Maharashtra and Gujarat. The death toll in Maharashtra has touched 35 while and 31 in Gujarat. Maharashtra also witnessed an incident of boat capsize that took the lives of 17 people.
 

Floods and torrential rains in Kerala have left as many as 72 people dead. The NDRF are working round the clock in rescue operations. The situation in Karnataka remains grim and those living close to dams have been relocated. 

A video of a dog saving its puppy went viral on social media after several districts in Karnataka reeled under severe flooding

Over 30 people have been killed in rain-related incidents in five districts of western Maharashtra in the last one week, including 17 who drowned when a boat capsized near Brahmanal village in Sangli on August 8

 

Hundreds have lost their lives and thousands have been displaced owing to torrential rains and floods across India. With rains predicted to worsen in the coming days, the government has ordered military teams to form rescue units.

Heavy rains lashed Gujarat leaving as many as 19 people dead. Wall and building collapses were reported in several parts of the state leaving as many as 16 people dead. Chief minister Vijay Rupani has taken stock of the situation and stated that there was no drought anywhere in the region

Congress leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi will arrive on a two-day visit to Kerala on Sunday (August 11) afternoon and would visit his Lok Sabha constituency, which is among the worst affected in floods

Union home minister Amit Shah will be conducting an aerial survey of the flood-hit region of Belagavi in Karnataka. State chief minister BS Yediyurappa is also expected to be a part of the survey

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BJP MLA from Honnali, near Davanagere, Karnataka was seen oaring a coracle in shallow waters. As the video went viral, people began to wonder if the effort was sincere of just for the shutterbugs