Train Stuck Due To Rain In Mumbai, Passengers Rescued By Disaster Management Officials

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.

The Tulsi lake, one of the seven reservoirs supplying drinking water to Mumbai, has overflowed due to incessant rains in Mumbai, including its catchment area, in the last few days, the civic body said on Tuesday.

Mumbai weather update: The city is witnessing a second consecutive day of heavy rain. The city and its suburbs received abundant rainfall in the last 24 hours. The weather office has said, cloudy skies and moderate to heavy rainfall are expected in Mumbai today. There are chances of heavy rain in the interiors of Maharashtra as well in the next in next 48 hours.

Mumbai Weather News: Heavy rain in the city and its suburbs for the last 24 hours. Due to the continuous downpour, water-logging has been reported in some low-lying areas like Dadar and Hindmata.Traffic is being diverted from the water-logged areas. Moderate to heavy rainfall has been forecast by the weather office for the day.

With the advent of the southwest monsoon, heavy rains whipped parts of Mumbai on Friday.

Mumbai rain update: Heavy monsoon showers lashed parts of Mumbai today. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of "intense spells of rain" at isolated places in Mumbai and Raigad during next three hours.

As per several media reports and fan club posts, Shah Rukh got the exteriors of his bungalow covered with plastic sheets because of the monsoon