Mumbai rains highlights: Tragic that people lost lives due to rains, says Rahul Gandhi

A day after heavy showers battered Mumbai, the rain intensity reduced briefly on Monday morning and picked up momentum again, leading to water-logging at some places and disrupting local train services, officials said. On Sunday, 30 people were killed in the metropolis in rain-related incidents, including 19 in Mahul area of Chembur where a retaining wall collapsed on some houses after a landslide. On Monday, more people died, taking the toll to 42.

Tragic that people lost lives due to rains: Rahul Gandhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said it was tragic that people lost their lives due to rains inMumbaiand a cloudburst in Uttarakhand, and asked party workers to provide relief to the affected. (PTI)

Heavy rain pummels Konkan belt, death toll mounts to 42

Several urban centres and villages were inundated as the financial capital of Mumbai and the coastal Konkan belt of Maharashtra continued to be pounded by heavy rains on Monday even as rain-related deaths mounted to 42. Read more

Five dead in Kalwa

Five members of a family, including three minors, were killed on Monday evening after a boulder rolled down and crashed into a slum colony due to incessant rains in Kalwa area of Thane district, officials said. (PTI)

Heavy rains in Mumbai again; local train services disrupted

A day after heavy showers poundedMumbai, the rain intensity reduced briefly on Monday morning but picked up momentum again during the day, causing water-logging at some places and disruption of local train services on the Central Railway route, officials said. (PTI)

3 feared drowned in Raigad; IMD issues red alert for Mumbai, Konkan region

Three people were feared drowned following heavy rains in Maharashtra's Raigad district on Monday, officials said, while the IMD sounded a 'red alert' forMumbaiand other districts in the Konkan region, predicting extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places over the next 24 hours. (PTI)

Rains pick up again in Mumbai; local train services affected

A day after heavy showers battered Mumbai, the rain intensity reduced briefly on Monday morning and picked up momentum again, leading to water-logging at some places and disrupting local train services, officials said.

After a brief spell of reduced intensity, the rains picked up pace again, causing inundation in some areas. Local train services of the Central Railway were affected due to water-logging on tracks between Vikhroli and Bhandup following heavy showers in parts of the suburbs, CR's chief spokesperson Shivaji Sutar said.

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Chandigarh-Manali NH 3 blocked due to landslide at Pandoh in Mandi district

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Rain intensity reduces in Mumbai after heavy spell; local trains, bus services back to normal

A day after heavy downpour wreaked havoc in Mumbai and claimed 30 lives, the rain intensity reduced on Monday, bringing some relief to citizens of the metropolis, officials said. The local train and road transport services, which were badly affected due to the torrential rains and water-logging on Sunday, were now running normal, they said.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to address the media, as it rains on the first day of the Monsoon Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Monday, July 19, 2021.

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Incessant overnight rains drench Delhi; IMD issues advisory

The national capital woke up to incessant overnight rains on Monday morning that caused waterlogging and traffic snarls on several road stretches including ITO and Pul Prahladpur.

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Parts of Gurugram face waterlogging after receiving rainfall this morning.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts 'Generally cloudy sky with one or two spells of rain or thundershowers' for Gurugram today.

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Maharashtra CM takes stock of situation in rain-battered Mumbai

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday took stock of the preparedness by various government agencies to tackle any emergency with the IMD forecasting a severe wet spell for the next couple of days and issuing orange alert for Mumbai and the Konkan coast. Thackeray directed the agencies to remain more alert and asked authorities to keep a watch on landslide-prone areas and dilapidated buildings, the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said in a statement.

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Roads waterlog in several parts of Delhi following incessant rainfall

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Vehicles wade through a waterlogged street during heavy rain in Aligarh, Sunday, July 18, 2021.

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Parts of the national capital receives incessant rainfall; visuals from the Palam area

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted "generally cloudy sky with light to moderate rain/ thundershowers" in Delhi today

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Rain fury claims 30 lives as fifth thunderstorm in a month batters Mumbai

At least 30 people died and five others were injured in rain-related incidents as incessant heavy downpour overnight during a major thunderstorm pummeled Mumbai, causing severe water-logging and traffic disruptions in the financial capital on Sunday, officials said. The Western Railway and Central Railway briefly suspended suburban train services in Mumbai after the heavy rains, and many long-distance trains were terminated or regulated at various stations, officials said.

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Torrential Mumbai rains bring back images of July 2005 deluge

Images of the deluge of July 2005 seemed to return to people of Mumbai as they waded through waist-deep waters withstranded vehicles and cooking gas cylinders floatingin floodwaters amid torrential rainfall over the past few days.

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Mumbai to see moderate to intense spells of rainfall; Thane may see very intense spells

290 killed in Mumbai landslides over 29 years, over 300 injured

Landslides are a big killer in Mumbai with 290 people losing lives and more than 300 injured in the last 29 years. As many as 22,483 persons live in dangerous places prone to landslides.

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