A commuter makes his way through a waterlogged road amid rainfall, in Mumbai, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025.
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Mumbai: Twenty-one persons have lost their lives in Maharashtra between August 15-19 as monsoon returned to the western Indian state after a rain-deficit July.
Besides, standing crops spread across 12-14 acres were damaged during the torrential rainfall.
According to latest reports from the State Emergency Operations Center at Mantralaya, 21 persons have died in five days while 10 persons were injured in rain-related incidents like floods, drowning, electrocution, slab and wall collapses, and landslides.
Four deaths were reported in Mukhed in Nanded districts while one missing is presumed dead.
The Indian Army is assisting the Nanded district police and revenue authorities in mitigating the flood situation.