Mumbai Slum-Dwellers By The Sea Live At The Mercy Of Climate Change

Already at risk from rains, flooding and open sewers, slum-dwellers who live by the ocean in the Indian financial capital Mumbai are vulnerable to rising seas caused by global warming and say the government should help them move to safer locations.

Streets have been flooded in parts of Mumbai this morning after heavy rain through the night due to cyclonic storm Maha, which later dissipated as a "depression". Rail and road traffic and airport operations are not affected, officials said.

A sudden shower at an event in Mumbai prompted Union minister Nitin Gadkari to take a veiled dig at political opponents of the BJP against the backdrop of the recent poll outcome in his home state of Maharashtra.

Cyclone Kyarr, a tropical storm that formed in the Arabian Sea, is likely to cause heavy rain in coastal Karnataka, the weather office said on Saturday. The sea condition is "likely to be very rough along and off north Karnataka coast during the next 24 hours," it added.

Goa Weather Forecast: The weather department has also predicted heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places over coastal districts of Karnataka, Goa and south Konkan and isolated heavy rainfall over north Konkan today.

A red alert has been issued in Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka in the wake of heavy rains and forecast of possible formation of cyclone Kyarr along the coast in the next two days, official sources said today.

BJP President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's helicopter made an emergency landing at Ozar Airport in Nashik, around 160 kilometers from Mumbai, due to heavy rains on Saturday, the last day of campaigning for the October 21 Maharashtra Assembly polls, an official said.

Nearly 1,900 people lost their lives and another 46 were reported missing this monsoon season in rains and floods which affected more than 25 lakh in 22 states, Union Home Ministry officials said on Friday.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted a thunderstorm in Mumbai and adjoining Thane and Raigad districts in the day.

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that satellites and radar images captured by it showed the presence of heavy clouds over Mumbai. It said that the city and its nearby regions will witness severe thunderstorm.

The weather office had forecast "extremely heavy rainfall" for Mumbai and Raigad over the next 48 hours and issued a Red Alert. with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and National Disaster Response Force keeping teams on standby

All schools and junior colleges in Mumbai will remain closed today after the weather office forecast "extremely heavy rainfall" over the next 48 hours, the government said. The weather office has issued a red alert--indicating "extremely heavy rainfall"--for Mumbai and neighbouring Raigad, news agency PTI reported quoting weather officials.

All schools and junior colleges in Mumbai and neighbouring areas are closed today after the weather office forecast "extremely heavy rainfall" over the next 48 hours, the government said.

Heavy rain alert in Mumbai: The India Meteorological Department, in its latest forecast, said that Mumbai and other parts of Madhya Maharashtra are likely to witness heavy rainfall over the next few days.

The Nagpur district education department has pulled up some schools here for remaining open despite a holiday declared for 'Gauri Pujan' on Friday.

A railway engineer's efforts to do his bit to ensure smooth functioning of local trains when the services were paralysed due to heavy rains on Wednesday has earned him a praise from Railway Minister Piyush Goyal.

Mumbai Rains Today: The Met department on Saturday predicted "heavy to very heavy rainfall" for Mumbai and adjoining areas on Sunday and Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Saturday visit to Nagpur has been cancelled due to heavy rain alert. The Prime Minister, however, would visit Mumbai and Aurangabad, officials said on Friday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Saturday visit to Nagapur has been cancelled due to heavy rain alert. The Prime Minister, however, would visit Mumbai and Aurangabad, officials said on Friday.

Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri shared a video on Thursday that shows a traffic signal being washed away in heavy downpour. "Hello Traffic Police of Mumbai," he wrote. But where was the video actually filmed?

Users in the comments section trolled Arjun Rampal with sarcastic queries like: "Which indian car you are talking about?"

Mumbai rains: Western Railway said that heavy rain and waterlogging in parts of Mumbai had led to the cancellation of three trains.

A six-year-old boy died on Wednesday after he fell into an open drain near Mumbai when the city and its neighbouring areas received unprecedented rain. In a separate incidents, three other people died in rain-related incidents Mumbai.