A one-month-old baby and family members were rescued from a flooded home in Amalner, Jalgaon district, on Friday, after the local fire brigade and municipal health department carried out an emergency operation.
The district has recorded continuous rain over the past two days, logging 104mm overall, with Jalgaon city receiving 118mm, according to local reports.
The Tapi River went into flood as water levels rose, prompting authorities to open all 41 gates of the Hatnur Dam, while the Girna Dam reached 100% capacity and the Aner River saw its biggest flood in two years.
A separate rescue in Batsar pulled eight people from floodwaters the same day, part of a broader emergency response effort across the district.
The IMD has placed Nashik and the Pune ghat region under an orange alert, with Sindhudurg, Satara, Kolhapur, Nandurbar, Wardha and Chandrapur under a yellow alert as the system moves across Maharashtra.
Maharashtra recorded an average rainfall of 51.09mm over the last 24 hours and has received 104.1% of its normal June-July rainfall so far this season.
The state government has directed district administrations in flood-affected areas to keep relief camps and emergency response teams ready as the monsoon system continues to move across Maharashtra.
IMD officials attributed the intense rain spell to a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal, which has driven heavy rainfall across the Konkan coast, the Western Ghats and parts of Vidarbha.
Maharashtra has received 104.1% of its normal rainfall for the June-July period this year, according to IMD data, reflecting an active monsoon season across the state so far.
Jalgaon district, located in north Maharashtra along the Tapi river basin, is prone to flash flooding during heavy monsoon spells because of its low-lying agricultural terrain and dependence on dam-regulated rivers.
The Hatnur Dam and Girna Dam are among the major irrigation reservoirs on the Tapi and Girna rivers respectively, both of which serve as key water sources for agriculture across north Maharashtra.
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