<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Hundreds of residents have been evacuated in the Indian capital Delhi as the water level of the Yamuna river continues to rise.</span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said it had reached a 45-year high, already rising above the "danger mark".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some near Delhi have seen record rainfall so far this monsoon season, which began in June, officials say.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At least 88 people have died in Himachal Pradesh since rains began late last month, local media reported.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Wednesday in Delhi, people living in makeshift houses next to the river moved to some of the 2,500 relief camps set up in the city, Reuters reports.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The water level is continuing to rise and there is a flood-like situation," Mr Kejriwal told reporters, adding that water levels were "likely to rise further".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Seasonal monsoon rains are a lifeline for India but also typically cause deaths and destruction to property every year.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">India has experienced increasingly extreme weather in recent years - the unrelenting rains come just weeks after an extreme heat wave gripped most of north India.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Many factors contribute to flooding, but experts say climate change caused by global warming makes extreme rainfall more likely. BBC</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>