<p>Gondia: Two persons were killed after a two-storey house collapsed amid heavy rainfall in Maharashtra's Gondia district in the wee hours of Tuesday, an official said.</p>.<p>Heavy rains lashed the district in the last 24 hours, with the Kamtha circle in Gondia tehsil recording the highest rainfall of 292.3 mm, the official said.</p>.<p>The Regional Meteorological Centre in Gapur has sounded a red alert for the district for the next 24 hours.</p>.<p>A two-storey house collapsed in Rameshwaram Colony in the Fulchurtola area of Gondia city in the wee hours of the day, killing two persons, district disaster management officer Rajan Choubey said.</p>.<p>Teams from the fire brigade and police reached the spot to carry out the search and rescue operation, the official said, adding that several localities in the city were inundated.</p>.<p>The district disaster relief team rescued three persons stranded at a temple in Sirpur in Deori, and a petrol tanker got swept away in the strong currents of the Bagh River.</p>.<p>Several roads were closed vehicles, and rains have damaged houses and destroyed crops in many parts of the district, officials said.</p>.<p>In 24 hours ending at 8 am, Deori received 210.3 mm of rain, followed by Gondia with 207.9 mm, Salekasa with 195.9 mm and Sadak Arjuni with 187 mm, they said.</p>
<p>Gondia: Two persons were killed after a two-storey house collapsed amid heavy rainfall in Maharashtra's Gondia district in the wee hours of Tuesday, an official said.</p>.<p>Heavy rains lashed the district in the last 24 hours, with the Kamtha circle in Gondia tehsil recording the highest rainfall of 292.3 mm, the official said.</p>.<p>The Regional Meteorological Centre in Gapur has sounded a red alert for the district for the next 24 hours.</p>.<p>A two-storey house collapsed in Rameshwaram Colony in the Fulchurtola area of Gondia city in the wee hours of the day, killing two persons, district disaster management officer Rajan Choubey said.</p>.<p>Teams from the fire brigade and police reached the spot to carry out the search and rescue operation, the official said, adding that several localities in the city were inundated.</p>.<p>The district disaster relief team rescued three persons stranded at a temple in Sirpur in Deori, and a petrol tanker got swept away in the strong currents of the Bagh River.</p>.<p>Several roads were closed vehicles, and rains have damaged houses and destroyed crops in many parts of the district, officials said.</p>.<p>In 24 hours ending at 8 am, Deori received 210.3 mm of rain, followed by Gondia with 207.9 mm, Salekasa with 195.9 mm and Sadak Arjuni with 187 mm, they said.</p>