While Kerala and Nagaland have been the two states worst affected by the monsoon in 2018, and Uttarakhand has been hit hard as well, several other states have now been warned of increased rainfall. Some of them are facing local floods already.
In Manendragarh, a town in the Koriya district of Chhattisgarh, an SUV was swept away (video above) in a flooded river. Fortunately, the three people inside were rescued.
In Rajasthan, the Baran district had so much rain that by Saturday morning floodwater had entered homes and roads had become inaccessible. Locals came together to carry a patient on a cot through a flooded stream (below).
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