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More than 16 centimetres (6.3 in) of rain was measured in Pune, Baramati and Pune district between the night of 25 September and the afternoon of 26 September which was the highest rainfall in last 10 years. Coupled with the existing rain from the previous months, flash floods started to occur.
On 30 July 2014, a landslide occurred in the village of Malin in the Ambegaon taluka of the Pune district in Maharashtra, India.The landslide, which hit early in the morning while residents were asleep, [1] was believed to have been caused by a burst of heavy rainfall, and killed at least 151 people. [2]
2017 Gujarat flood: Following heavy rain in July 2017, Gujarat state of India was affected by the severe flood resulting in more than 200 deaths. [15] August 2018 Kerala Flood: Following high rain in late August 2018 and heavy Monsoon rainfall from August 8, 2018, severe flooding affected the Indian state of Kerala resulting over 445 deaths.
It was the second-heaviest rainfall in Mumbai in the last 25 years, according to a tweet by Maharashtra's ex-chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis. [citation needed] Maharashtra has a huge & heavy rainfall in 2019, affecting districts of Kolhapur, Sangli (which was the worst), Satara, Thane, Palghar, and Pune. [citation needed]
Starting on 22 July 2021, Maharashtra saw heavy rainfall in many of its western districts. On 23 July 2021, NDTV reported that Maharashtra saw the highest in the month of July in 40 years. [4] Climate change could have played an important role in causing large-scale floods across Maharashtra. [5]
6 March 1991 – At least 30 people were killed when the Karnataka Express derailed in heavy rain near Makalidurga, about 60 km (37 mi) from Bangalore in Karnataka. [78] [79] [80] 12 December 1991 – At least 27 people were killed after the Kangra Valley Railway derailed near Jawali, Himachal Pradesh. [81]
The floods were caused by the eighth heaviest-ever recorded 24-hour rainfall figure of 944 mm (37.17 inches) which lashed the metropolis on 26 July 2005, and intermittently continued for the next day. 644mm (25.35 inches) was received within the 12-hour period between 8 am and 8 pm. Torrential rainfall continued for the next week.
Map of India with Maharashtra State in red. In January 2013, the Indian government reported that 7,896 villages in Maharashtra were affected by drought. [2] In a region near the Bhima River in Maharashtra, the years leading up to the drought in 2013 recorded below average annual rainfall: in 2011, slightly below average, and in 2012, the lowest since 2003.