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Tripura State Disaster Management Authority workers evacuate people from flood-affected areas following heavy rainfall on the outskirts of Agartala on Thursday, August 22, 2024.
Around 65,500 people are taking shelter in 450 relief camps across all eight districts as heavy rains wreak havoc in Tripura.
At least seven people, including three women and a child, were killed in two families in landslides, as the death toll from current rains and floods in Tripura has risen, with more than 30 people killed in Tripura This is the first time in years that we have experienced such catastrophic monsoon floods.
Seven members of two families were killed when houses collapsed in south Tripura's Santil Bazar area after massive landslides triggered by incessant rains late on Wednesday night, disaster management officials said.
Disaster Management Response Force personnel along with locals recovered all the bodies on Thursday.
Expressing shock over the incident, Chief Minister Manik Saha said the state government would provide financial assistance of Rs 4 lakh to each affected family.
Thirteen deaths, including a 12-year-old girl and a woman, have been reported since Monday in South Tripura, Gomati and Howai districts, while two others are reported missing.
About 65,500 people have taken shelter in 450 relief camps across all eight districts, an official said. He said the state has been hit by devastating floods since Monday, with 1.7 million people affected across the state.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded 233 mm rainfall in Agartala from 8.30 am on Wednesday to 8.30 am on Thursday.
According to the IMD, all eight districts of Tripura on Thursday received one of the highest rainfall in the past 24 hours, with Bho under Santil Bazar division of South Tripura receiving one of the highest rainfalls in the past 24 hours. The rainfall in the Jiafa area reached 493.6 mm.
IMD officials said that although the “heavy” to “very heavy” rainfall warning continues and the “red alert” has been sounded in all eight districts, the intensity of rainfall is likely to weaken from Thursday evening.
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