Monsoon mayhem: Over 15,000 evacuated from Maha, K’taka, Kerala & Tamil Nadu

Aug 10, 2019

Sangli (Maharashtra), Aug 10 (ANI): Around 6,000 people have been rescued and more than 15,000 have been evacuated from flood-affected area in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Northern Kerala and Tamil Nadu till Friday. The Army has 123 rescues teams have been deployed in 16 districts across the four affected states for relief and rescue operations. Indian Naval diving teams deployed in Karnataka’s Kadra evacuated nearly 450 personnel to safety whilst other team operating from Kaiga evacuated 300 personnel to safety bringing a total number of rescued personnel in the area alone to 2,219.