The IMD issued an orange alert, stating the likelihood of hailstorm and thunderstorm coupled with gusty winds in Vidarbha region's Amravati, Akola, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Wardha, Nagpur, Gondia and Yavatmal districts.
The Regional Meteorological Centre, Nagpur has issued yellow alert for the next four days for Nagpur, Wardha, Buldhana, Gondia, for three days for Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Amravati and for two days for Yavatmal, Buldhana, Akola and Washim. It has also issued orange alert for Chandrapur, Gadchiolri and Yavatmal for Friday, officials added.
Heavy rains in Maharashtra s Vidarbha region have led to floods and lightning which have caused the death of 11 people and damaged over 1,600 houses. The rainfall has also affected over 875 hectares of agriculture land in the area which encompasses the districts of Nagpur, Wardha, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli. Various reports have also indicated that around 110 people were rescued in the village of Anandnagar Tanda and approximately 100 people had to be shifted to safer places in Katargaon village in the region s Buldhana district.
The downpour in the last few days also affected nearly 54,000 hectares of agricultural land, of which more than 53,000 hectares land is located in the Amravati division alone, where 2,796 people were shifted to safer places, mostly in Yavatmal district.