Major rivers are flowing above danger mark; NDRF teams sent to Varanasi, Allahabad and GhazipurTen persons were killed and lakhs affected due to floods in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal, where major rivers are flowing above danger mark on Wednesday. Two boys were feared dead after they were washed away in flash floods in the Tawi river in Jammu on Wednesday. In Uttar Pradesh, two persons were killed in floods which have affected around 8.7 lakh people in 987 villages of 28 districts, officials said. NDRF reaches outIn Bihar, NDRF personnel rendered timely help to three marooned pregnant women at separate places to deliver babies safely. With seven fresh deaths, the toll in the current round of floods in Bihar due to the swollen Ganga river rose to 29.

Source: The Hindu August 24, 2016 21:19 UTC