North India reels under heavy rainfall

Unrelenting rains piled misery on north India, reeling under serial cloudbursts and floods for the past few weeks, as swollen rivers inundated the plains, crippled rails and road traffic, and forced school closures.

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And there is no respite in sight. Under the threat of more rain that can trigger yet another series of disasters, pilgrimages to many Himalayan shrines have been suspended. People have been asked to maintain extreme caution.

In the east, a fresh low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal dumped copious amounts of rain in Odisha. It is likely to bring heavy showers in the state, the Andamans and south Bengal over the next few days.