Eight people have died, hundreds of houses collapsed and more than 33,000 hectares of crops have been destroyed due to heavy rains in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra for the last four days. In the last five days, Marathwada has received 975 mm of rain 102% more than the average.

The worst damage was reported in Dharashiv district, where 159 villages were affected and 186 cattle died. Mumbai, Pune, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Jalna, Beed, Solapur, Latur, Nanded districts are also affected by the floods.

Five small dams in Beed and Dharashiv have been damaged and several roads, bridges and schools have also been damaged. CM Devendra Fadnavis said that Rs 2,215 crore will be distributed to farmers and affected.

In Kolkata, West Bengal, 7 people died due to rain-flooding and electrocuti

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