Flash floods ravaged Dharali, around 264 km from Chamoli, burying half of the mountain village in a fast-flowing mudslide of slush, rubble, and water.
Believed to be of archaeological importance, the object was found in the Dikshit South area of Mohenjo-daro after a downpour on August 3, the Dawn newspaper reported.
As the low-pressure area in the south-eastern Arabian Sea intensified into a severe depression on Friday, heavy rains lashed many parts of Kerala and huge tidal waves started hitting low-lying coastal areas.
The meteorological department has forecast more rains through the day and relative humidity at 100 per cent in Delhi.
A landslide on the Kedarnath route in Uttarakhand killed two pilgrims and injured six, while heavy rain led to the temporary suspension of the Char Dham and Hemkund Sahib pilgrimages.
Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway was suspended due to lurking threat of floods in the Valley, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded, officials said.
Fresh incidents of landslides, cloudbursts and house collapses were triggered by moderate to heavy rains in most places in Uttarakhand on Tuesday.
It is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours.
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Heavy rains lashed the national capital on Friday morning, resulting in the collapse of a hospital boundary wall that killed a minor girl. The rain gauges measured 36.6 mm of showers between 4 am to 8:30 am, the Meteorological Department said. The heavy showers led to the death of a minor girl when the boundary wall of a municipality hospital in Gautam Colony of Narela collapsed at around 7:30 am. Some children on their way to school were trapped inside.
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Meanwhile, trains ran on time on the Main and Western lines of the Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR) on Saturday.
Incessant rains and water-logging slowed down traffic in Mumbai, with the IMD issuing a 'red alert', predicting very heavy showers in the city and neighbouring areas. Commuters faced water accumulation on tracks and delays in local train services.
Heavy overnight rains have disrupted normal life in the island with a flood-like situation in north and middle Andamans.
Five persons were killed in rain-related incidents in Jammu on Saturday as the monsoon continued to hold sway in many parts of the country's northern plains with torrential showers triggering landslides and flooding.
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Heavy rains continued to lash several parts of Mumbai for the second consecutive day on Thursday, disrupting rail and air traffic, causing inconvenience to a lot of commuters.
Thirty people have already died in rain-related incidents, sources said.
Waterlogging has been reported in several parts of city.
Overall, the official data shows that over 7.85 crore tourists visited Jammu and Kashmir from 2023 to 2025, while over 4.76 crore tourists visited the Union Territory during 2016-18.
One person was killed when a four-storeyed building in the city collapsed in Mumbai on Wednesday following heavy rains, fire brigade sources said. The building Gopal Bhavan, located in Mamletdar Wadi in suburban Malad, caved in following rains.
Monsoon hit the state on June 20 and has since then cost it Rs 5,000 crore in damages.
The state government asked the local administration to shift people from low-lying areas in Vadodara if needed as water entered into houses in several localities.
4 people have died owing to the floods.
Heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and the adjoining Thane district, causing water-logging in the city and the suburbs and hitting suburban train services on the central line as the tracks were flooded.
The rise in water level in the tracks was also due to release of water from Barvi dam, railway officials said.
Cloudbursts and heavy rains overnight left a trail of destruction in Uttarakhand's capital Dehradun and its neighbouring areas on Tuesday, sweeping away at least five people and leaving more than 500 stranded in different locations.
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The driver and the conductor of a bus that got stuck at the Minto Bridge underpass due to waterlogging were rescued by fire department personnel, officials said.
Incessant rains pouring over parts of North India since the past few days led to more areas being marooned by swollen rivers as the toll crossed 100 in the region, with 14 more deaths in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday. Heavy rains continued to batter Uttar Pradesh, where 14 more people perished in rain-related incidents, taking the toll this season to 270 in the state. Over 1,000 villages, mostly in western UP.
Heavy overnight rain and morning showers caused widespread waterlogging and traffic congestion in Delhi, leaving commuters stranded and facing significant delays.
Historically, October has seen some of the worst landslide events in Darjeeling and Sikkim Himalayas.
A devastating flashflood in the Kheer Ganga river on August 5 demolished nearly half of Dharali -- the key stopover en route to Gangotri with many hotels and homestays, and neighbouring Harsil, where an Army camp bore the brunt of the flood fury, barely giving time to the victims to run to safety.
Various parts of Surat were flooded after incessant rainfall in the region. Over 100 mm of rain has blocked roads and led to waterlogging in several low-lying areas.
Heavy rain in the first week of July compensated for the shortfall but caused flooding in many northeastern states.
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Ernakulam district authorities on Tuesday said 350 cumecs of the water from Idamalayar, which reached Periyar river but there was no considerable rise in the water-level.
Heavy rains continue to lash parts of Kerala on Monday affecting Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam and Kottayam districts the most resulting in death of three people and widespread damage to property.
An IMD bulletin said the low pressure area could intensify into a cyclonic storm, triggering heavy to very heavy rainfall in several parts of Kerala.
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