Incessant rainfall washes away cities from the Earth! Flooding in Sheopur, India 3 August 2021!

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Natural disasters are large-scale geological or meteorological events that have the potential to cause loss of life or property. These types of disasters include: tornadoes and severe storms, hurricanes and tropical storms, floods, wildfires, earthquakes, drought.

Torrential rains have triggered massive floods in Gwalior-Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh with Shivpuri and Sheopur being the worst affected districts, leaving hundreds stranded. Datia, Guna, Ashonknagar are among other districts badly impacted by the floods.

With the water level of Chambal river being above the danger mark, Bhind and Morena districts are also under the threat of flood for which scores of villages have been vacated. Sindh river flowing through Datia was on the rampage and damaged two bridges at Goraghat and Ratangarh. Several bridges, including the Atal Sagar dam were washed away in the last two days. A bridge on Gwalior-Jhansi route has cracked and the traffic was halted. Over a dozen villages have been vacated in Datia.

Roads and railways have also been paralysed. Gwalior-Indore intercity express was stranded at Padarkheda in Shivpuri for 15 hours on Monday-Tuesday as the rail tracks were submerged in rainwater.

Army has rescued 17 people trapped in Datia Pali's Village and 20 people from Kali Pahari of Shivpuri, tweeted Chouhan. National Disaster Response Force has rescued 11 people from Tapkeshwar Temple

Be aware of all the incidents related to natural disasters, and stay safe.

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