Three persons were swept away in swollen drains after heavy rains in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, while the India Meteorological Department [IMD] predicted a risk of flash floods in the Vidarbha region, officials said on August 11.
Some rivers in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra were flooded after heavy showers and several people from Bhandara and Chandrapur were shifted to safer places, they said.
The heavy rains also caused damage to crops and an assessment survey was on, an agriculture department official said.
