NEW DELHI: Parts of northwest Delhi were flooded on Thursday after a canal that supplies water from a nearby state burst, and repairs were being carried out to minimize.
Residents of the capital have experienced a series of extreme weather events in the past two months, from sizzling temperatures to flooding and heavy rainfall that caused the roof of the city’s airport to collapse.
The Munak Canal is located on the Yamuna River near Delhi’s northwestern border with the state of Haryana, which also runs the canal. No casualties have yet been reported in the latest floods.
Several rivers in the eastern Indian state of Bihar are also close to bursting their banks as water flows downstream from neighboring Nepal, parts of which were also flooded earlier this week.
Heavy rainfall in eastern Assam has triggered flash floods in recent weeks, killing at least 79 people and displacing thousands.
