Toll rises, thousands displaced in rain fury, worst may not be over yet
Live MintBengaluru: Incessant rains for the second consecutive day battered several states, including Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka on Friday with landslides and floods wreaking havoc, amid rising deaths. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is also likely to hit Goa, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan over the weekend, according to the India Meteorological Department, as Kerala, Maharashtra and Karnataka prepare for the worst. In Kerala, rains continued to wreak havoc for the second day, as the death toll from floods and landslides reached 28 on Friday. The government said 64,013 people have been evacuated to 738 camps, and the state is staring at possibly more than ₹1,000 crore in damages to public and private properties, spread across most of north and central Kerala.