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Seven Dead In Rain-Related Incidents In UP In Last 24 Hours

According to the irrigation department, water le🔜vel is above the dange🏅r level for Ganga in Budaun and Yamuna in Mathura.

Flooding after monsoon rains in Mathura
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Seven people were killed in r🎃ain-related incidents in the past 24 hours, the Uttar Pradesh Relief Commissioner said in a statement issued here on꧒ Monday.

According to the stateme🍷nt, five persons died by drowning -- two in Ghazipur, and one each in Etawah, Jalaun and Kanpur Dehat -- while one died due to snake-bite in Kanpur Dehat, and another person died "due to excess rainfall".

According to the irrigation department, water level is above the danger level for G🦹anga in Budaun and Yamuna in Mathura. In UP, 38,378 people in 396 villages are affected due to floods in 10 districts -- Aligarh, GB Nagar, Bijnor, Farukhabad, Ghaziabad, Mathura, Meerut, Muzaffarnagar, Shamli and Sa💫haranpur.