Rain Alert: Schools, Colleges In Mumbai Remain Shut On Monday

All government and semi-government employees in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) are allowed to report late for duty on Monday, an official statement said.

Hundreds of passengers were stranded at the Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) railway station on Sunday after the Central Railway announced the cancellation and diversion of trains due to the heavy rainfall and water-logging in Mumbai.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has announced that schools and colleges in Mumbai will remain closed today to ensure that students are not put at risk due to flooding caused by heavy rainfall over the last few days.

A 10-year-old boy was killed and his younger sister injured on Sunday morning after a wall of their house collapsed in Lonavala, around 90 kilometres from Pune, the police said.

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Mumbai and the coastal Konkan region continued to experience heavy rains on Sunday with the Central Railway services hit on various sectors and boats were deployed to rescue around 400 people stranded in the Kurla suburb, officials said.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has announced that schools and colleges in Mumbai will remain closed today to ensure that students are not put at risk due to flooding caused by heavy rainfall over the last few days. At least four persons died in rain-related incidents across Mumbai, Pune and Palghar districts through the day while a man went missing after he fe...

Rains battered Maharashtra leaving two people dead. On Saturday, thousands of passengers remained stranded for hours at stations between Thane and Panvel as train movement was hit on water-logged tracks. 

Thousands were stranded at railway stations across Mumbai after incessant rains flooded railway tracks in the city and its surrounding areas on Saturday, amid predictions by the India Meteorological Department that the weather situation will only get worse in the next 24 to 36 hours. Two deaths were reported during the day, and three people are still missing. The Brih...

A high tide threw up huge amounts of garbage along Mumbai's iconic Marine Drive today, adding to the city's troubles as it grapples with heavy rain. The weather office has said that the 4.9-metre tide is the highest of four monsoon months.

Waterlogging on railway tracks in Mumbai and nearby areas due to heavy rains and high tide on Saturday has affected movement of trains on Thane and Panvel sections of the Central Railway (CR), leaving thousands of passengers stranded at various stations.

Mumbai is set to be hit by "extremely heavy rainfall" over the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said while incessant rain continued to batter the metropolis on Saturday. Mumbai civic authorities have declared a holiday in school and colleges today because of the weather conditions.

Many parts of Mumbai and its adjoining areas recorded heavy rains overnight. This has led to waterlogging in many areas including Goregaon, Kandivali and Dahisar.

Mumbai Rains: Heavy rains continued to hit Mumbai and adjoining suburbs today, leading to water-logging in several areas. Water-logging on railway tracks disrupted the suburban train services to some extent. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has issued a "beach safety appeal" to the residents of the Mumbai due to the weather conditions.

Mumbai rains: The weather department on Friday forecast "intense heavy rainfall" in Mumbai on late Saturday and Sunday.

Vehar lake, one of the seven reservoirs supplying water to Mumbai, has started overflowing after heavy rains in the last few days, a civic official said on Thursday.

Though monsoon arrived in Mumbai late, the city recorded second-highest rainfall for the month of July in the last 60 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.

A stray dog taking shelter from rain in a neighbourhood in Mumbai's Worli was brutally beaten by security guards last week. The incident has sparked massive outrage on social media. Politicians and Bollywood celebrities have condemned the incident and appealed to animal rights groups for help.

Mumbai witnessed an incident-free Tuesday with no report of water-logging from any part of the city and public transport functioning smoothly.

Mumbai and its adjoining areas are likely to receive heavy rainfall for the next two days, predicted India Meteorological Department (IMD) this morning.

Several districts of Maharashtra continue to reel under the impact of heavy rainfall. It has taken a toll on animals too.

As many as 300 workers have been called in to restore rail connectivity between Maharashtra's Badlapur and Karjat after heavy rain in the last two days led to flash floods in the area, affecting properties of the railways in the section.

Five trains have been cancelled and six have been diverted in Mumbai due to heavy rain and flooding of tracks in some areas, the Central Railway said today.

Heavy rains caused flash floods in Maharashtra's Thane district, where hundreds of marooned people were rescued from a train and other places, while the situation remained grim in Assam and Bihar.