People Take Refuge On Roofs, Maharashtra Villages Cut Off Amid Flood Fury

Frightening visuals from outside Sangliwadi village in Sangli highlight the severity of the situation, including one shot that shows a lorry with water up to the driver's cabin

Days after torrential rain triggered floods and landslides across several districts in Maharashtra, killing 138 people and leaving dozens still missing, many roads remain closed to traffic and entire villages are inundated, making it difficult to reach and evacuate people stranded on the roofs of their homes. #WATCH | Maharashtra: A crocodile seen on the roads of Sangli district after the water level of Krishna river rose following heavy rainfall. pic.twitter.com/qJVvrFMJxe #WATCH | Maharashtra: Tandulwadi & Kanegaon villages of Sangli district submerge due to overflowing Varna river."Our houses & farmlands are completely submerged in floodwater. NDRF team hasn't arrived yet. No rescue operation has been conducted by govt," says Pankaj, a villager pic.twitter.com/2YP0zSUneJ Frightening visuals from the roads outside Sangliwadi village in Sangli district highlight the severity of the situation, including one shot that shows a lorry with water up to the driver's cabin. Other shots show people now living on the roof of their homes as they wait, anxiously and desperately, for help. Locals told NDTV that while the situation was not quite as grim as the 2019 floods, it was worrying that the water had still not receded, despite little or no rain since yesterday. Equally distressing visuals from the nearby Sangli-Islampur road show what appears to be a massive lake with muddy brown waters but is, in fact, a key road, around which fields of paddy and crops are similarly inundated. The only proof - a lone mile marker with its top sticking out above the water.