Nagpur: At least 11 persons were killed and four grievously injured, more than 2,000 families stranded and over 1,000 homes wrecked across six districts in Nagpur and Amravati divisions, following 72-hour incessant rain that peaked between Tuesday night and early Wednesday.

Over 650 marooned families were rescued late evening from Nagpur, Bhandara, and Gadchiroli districts.The youngest victim, Swaroop Prashant Ganjre, 3, was crushed under the rubble after a wall crashed on her in Amravati's Morshi, while six people were swept away in Kalmeshwar taluka of Nagpur district and Gondia. Two people died in Gadchiroli while one each drowned in Yavatmal and Wardha.Forty-three talukas in Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli, Chandrapur and Wardha recorded extremely heavy rainfall cutting off countless villages.

With a red alert in force, educational institutions remained shut in Nagpur, Bhandara, Gadchiroli and Wardha. The three killed in Nagpur district include one at Narsala-Hudkeshwar, two others at Uppalwadi and Borgaon in Kalmeshwar taluka.Wainganga river flowed above danger level at over 247.33 metres near Bhandara, which recorded 144mm rain. All 33 gates of Gosikhurd Dam, the largest in the region, remained open on Wednesday too with its inflow flooding several villages in Gadchiroli.

The heavy rainfall caused partial damage to 1,190 houses and complete damage to 117 houses across the Nagpur division. Additionally, 117 cattle sheds have also been damaged.

Local rivers and drains overflowed, causing water to flow over 23 bridges in urban and rural areas, temporarily cutting off connectivity to some villages. In Nagpur rural taluka, water entered 246 homes and large parts of the city were submerged.The Wardha river In Yavatmal breached its banks after continuous rainfall over the past three days, severely affecting road connectivity. The Ralegaon–Varora–Chandrapur route has been shut, bringing vehicular movement to a halt. Farmlands along the riverbanks have been inundated, with several fields now resembling lakes. In Amravati, the rain wrecked crops on 550 hectares at Dhamangaon Railway tehsil. Soybean, tur and cotton got affected substantially due to excessive rainfall.

In Kheerpur village in Murtijapur tehsil of Akola, a funeral procession had to pass through knee-deep water to reach the cremation ground.In Wardha, intense showers led to a sharp rise in the water level of the Yashoda River, resulting in flash floods that inundated several low-lying villages and forced the closure of at least 26 major and minor roads in the district.