Rivers flow above danger mark…
Rivers including Ganga, Sharda, and Ghaghra are flowing above the danger mark in UP after heavy rainfall.
Since Saturday, 14 people have died in rain-related and drowning incidents, including 10 in a building collapse in Meerut.
The meteorological department said, Heavy rain is very likely at isolated places over eastern UP, and "thunderstorm accompanied with lightning" is expected at isolated places over East UP."
Officials said 10 people were killed after a three-story house collapsed in the Zakir Nagar area of Meerut on Saturday following heavy rain.
"When the rescue operation started, the relatives gave information about 15 people. Three managed to escape when the building was collapsing," District Magistrate Deepak Meena told reporters.
"The death toll stands at 10 while five persons are alive. The rescue operations will continue till the entire debris is removed," the officer said.
In Gonda, two persons, including a woman, died on Sunday in separate incidents of drowning, police said.
Gulam Nabi aged 18 and his friend Chhotu had gone fishing in the Gulharia village and slipped into deep water, police said.
While Chhotu was saved by locals but Nabi drowned.
In a separate incident in the Lonianpurwa village in Umri Begumganj, three women were swept away by the strong currents of the Ghagra river.
Aarti aged 30 years lost her life while two other women were rescued by the locals, they added.
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