Maharashtra Minister Praises Palghar Police For Rain Rescue Ops

Monsoon 2020: In Maharashtra's Palghar, which is seeing very heavy rain and flood-like situation, 22 people who were stranded have been rescued by the district's police. State Home Minister Anil Deshmukh today praised the Palghar Police for saving the lives of people. On Wednesday, a five-year-old girl, who who clung on to a tree for over four hours was also saved by ...

Dramatic videos that have emerged from Mumbai show the full impact of the heavy downpour and strong winds that have battered the Maximum City.

A day after Mumbai reported its heaviest rainfall in 46 years, the situation on ground seemed to have improved with local and suburban trains running on schedule.

South Mumbai's Colaba area, which includes iconic landmarks such as the Gateway of India, reported its heaviest single-day rainfall in August in 46 years on Wednesday, when rains and cyclonic winds reaching speeds of up to 107kmph hit the city and its neighbouring areas, disrupting suburban train and bus services and throwing normal life out of gear. All offices, barr...

Malls in Mumbai reopened after over four months to a footfall of 15-20 percent even as torrential showers whipped through the city on Wednesday.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) rescued 290 passengers from two local trains stranded on flooded tracks between the CSMT and Sandhurst Road station on Wednesday.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Wednesday evening rescued some 150 passengers from a local train stranded between Masjid Bunder and Byculla stations on Mumbai's Central line here, said an official.

Heavy downpour, accompanied by strong winds hit Mumbai and neighbouring areas today, disrupting suburban train and bus services and throwing normal life out of gear.

The severity of the situation in Mumbai, which has been receiving extremely heavy rainfall coupled with brisk wind, can be best described through the videos emanating from the city that show heavy downpour, crawling traffic amid waist-deep water and buildings that can't cope with the onslaught of the elements.

Mumbai Rains Highlights: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday spoke with Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray about the prevailing situation in Mumbai and surrounding areas due to heavy rains and assured all possible support, the Prime Minister's Office said.

The weather in Mumbai -- which is pounded by heavy rains for more than two days -- slid a few more notches this afternoon as the winds picked up, reaching upto 70 km per hour by evening.

Monsoon 2020: A five-year-old girl, caught in flash floods, in Maharashtra's Palghar clung on to a tree for five hours before being rescued. Flash floods hit Palghar Tuesday night after torrential downpour for nearly two days now. The little girl clung on to the branch till villagers were able to reach her and take her to a safe place.

Mumbai Rain Updates: Torrential rain and waterlogging disrupted normal life in Mumbai the second straight day. A Red is already in place for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar since Tuesday. The Mumbai weather office said, "one more day of intense rain likely" in the city. Maximum impact was on the western suburbs with rainfall more than 150 mm recorded.

Two fishermen are missing while 11 were rescued after a boat capsized some 12 kilometres off Gorai beach in north Mumbai this afternoon, the police said.

A 35-year-old woman and her two children were swept away in a swollen drain after their house collapsed due to heavy rain in suburban Santacruz in Mumbai this afternoon, an official said.

Mumbai recorded a 230 mm rainfall within 10 hours of incessant rainfall, Iqbal Singh Chahal, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) Commissioner told ANI on Tuesday, adding that a flood-like situation had been created in the city.

Mumbai weather update: All offices in Mumbai and the suburbs are closed after heavy rain pounded the city since Monday night. The weather office has issued a 'Red' alert for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, and Palghar for the next 48 hours after nonstop rain in the region.

Mumbai rain updates: The weather office has issued a 'Red' alert for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, and Palghar for the next 48 hours after nonstop rain in the region.Places in North Konkanand interior Maharashtra will also get heavy rain, the weather office said.There is extensive waterlogging in the city and floodwaters have entered houses in Kandivali and other low-lying a...

Heavy overnight rain caused a landslide on the Western Express Highway in suburban Kandivali early this morning, affecting vehicular movement from the western suburbs towards south Mumbai, officials said.

Heavy rain overnight and this morning battered several parts of Mumbai, leading to flooding and travel chaos. This is the heaviest spell of rain in the financial capital since 2005, Maharashtra minister Aaditya Thackeray told NDTV. "198 mm rain in four hours is a huge amount of rain. Any city in the world will collapse with such rain," Mr Thackeray said. The local tra...

With continuous rainfall all through the night, people in several parts of Mumbai on Tuesday woke up to severe waterlogging.

India's financial capital Mumbai and a few neighbouring districts are on red alert for extremely heavy rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday after the weather department upgraded its earlier "very heavy" forecast today.

Heavy rains are expected over the central plains and the western coast on August 6 due to a low-pressure area, Ministry of Earth Sciences Secretary M Rajeevan said on Saturday.

Financial capital Mumbai is likely to face heavy rain between Monday and Wednesday next week, the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday.