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- Heavy rains over the past few days have flooded low-lying areas, swollen rivers and cut off roads across several Chhattisgarh districts, killing at least five people.
- The worst-affected areas are in the Raipur, Bastar and Durg divisions, with National Highway-130 to Odisha closed and hundreds of villages in Bijapur district cut off.
- Authorities have opened gates at the Sikasar and Sondhur dams to release excess water, shifted over 50 schoolgirls to safety, and issued alerts for villages along rivers.
- The weather office has forecast more thunderstorms and rain in southern districts over the next 24 hours.
What to watch next
- Further emergency dam releases at Sikasar and Sondhur dams as inflows remain high
- Reopening of closed roads, including National Highway-130, as water recedes
- Whether the forecast thunderstorms and rain materialise in Sukma, Bijapur, Dantewada, Bastar, Narayanpur and Kondagaon districts
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