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Rain-related incidents have claimed no less than 5 lives and triggered widespread injury in Nagaland in the previous couple of days, an official launch stated on Wednesday.
Damages to homes, roads, bridges and paddy fields have been reported, the discharge issued by Johnny Ruangmei, Joint Chief Govt Officer of the Nagaland State Catastrophe Administration Authority (NSDMA) stated.
Two boys from Kejok village in Tuensang district have been swept away at Ayong nullah on June 28, it stated.
The physique of one of many boys was retrieved the identical day whereas the seek for the opposite was referred to as off with the consent of his father on the third day with no sighting of the physique, the discharge stated.
On June 29, a youth was swept away in Dzuvuru stream in Kohima district however his physique couldn’t be retrieved.
A youth drowned in Nsonji Lake in Tseminyu district on Monday, the place the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure was referred to as in to help within the search and rescue efforts and the physique was recovered the identical day.
A person was swept away by robust currents at Nguhaiu in Noklak district on July 1 and the physique was later discovered.
In Mokokchung district, a number of landslides have been reported.
In Kiphire district, steady rain triggered injury to public infrastructure in a number of areas, prompting the evacuation of a number of households, the discharge stated.
A number of landslides and highway blockages have been reported in Fakim-Tsundang space in Pungro sub-division within the district.
Resulting from a mudslide, Penkim and Fakim areas have been minimize off from Tsundang, Sangtsong, Vongtsuvong areas. The path to Thanamir has additionally been totally minimize off as a result of landslides in a number of places.
Soil erosion at Thusangki River close to Kiphire district headquarters was additionally reported on Tuesday, which led to extreme injury to paddy fields, the discharge stated.
In Noklak district, landslides have been reported in Punyaongan and Sanglao areas. Resulting from incessant rain, highway injury and highway sinking have been reported between Chingmei and Noklak.
In Zunheboto district, a number of homes have been destroyed by landslides in DC Hill West space, whereas paddy fields have been broken as a result of flash flood in Zhavame village in Phek district.
In Shamator district, Shiponger and Muksuke bridges between Chessore and Y Anner areas have been partially destroyed by a flash flood on Tuesday.
A landslide was reported on Tening-Nsong highway in Peren district and particles was being cleared.
The NSDMA remains to be compiling injury stories, the discharge stated.
With water ranges in lots of rivers within the state rising after steady rainfall over the previous days, the NSDMA requested folks to chorus from fishing or picnicking through the monsoon season.
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