India, July 24 -- Torrential rain battered Palghar district for a second day on Thursday, flooding Dahanu and Talasari talukas, disrupting road and rail traffic and leaving more than 100,000 people cut off from the rest of the district.

Authorities deployed additional National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) teams after Kurje, Dhamni and Kawdas dams began overflowing, while residents in flood-prone areas were moved to safer locations.

District Collector Indurani Jakhar said continuous rainfall since Wednesday afternoon caused Kurje and Dhamni dams in the belt to overflow, prompting authorities to alert downstream villages and shift residents living in flood-prone areas to safer locations with the help of the NDRF teams. She added that an a...