India, Sept. 28 -- Five of eight districts in traditionally drought-prone Marathwada were lashed by rain in a second severe spell, which started on Friday night. Two deaths were reported and many villages were submerged.

Beed, Dharashiv, Latur and Nanded recorded heavy rainfall in many talukas, while Ahmedpur in Latur, Bhoom and Paranda in Dharashiv, Gangakhed in Parbhani, and Beed city in Beed were also pounded by rain. One person each in Dharashiv and Nanded drowned in the floodwaters in the last 24 hours.

Many state and district roads in Bhoom and Paranda tehsils of Dharashiv were shut owing to water released from the Sina-Kolegaon dam. Bembali-Borkheda and the Kajla flyover in Dharashiv were also closed to traffic. Similarly, the Ga...