Mumbai Already Received Over 50 Per Cent Of Season's Rain: Civic Agency

It has been just over a month that the monsoon arrived in Mumbai, but the metropolis has already received 54 per cent of the season's rain quota.

Mumbai is struggling in non-stop rain that has stalled trains and slowed traffic to a crawl in places that have been flooded. Some trains have been cancelled while others are running late by 10 to 15 minutes as tracks are waterlogged after heavy overnight rain. Schools in the neighbouring districts of Thane and Palghar are closed today because of the rain.With the met...

For Mumbai residents, Monday was another day of incessant rain, flooded streets and traffic snarls. Met office said it was heaviest rainfall that the city had received in 24 hours. A woman was crushed under a bus in Kalyan after hitting a pothole on a flooded street. The Western Railway (WR) and Central Railway (CR) were running late by around 15-20 minutes due to wat...

After Mumbai woke up to yet another day of relentless downpour, flooded streets and waterlogged rail tracks prompted the education department to declare a holiday today.

For the third consecutive day, incessant rain disrupted trains and traffic in Mumbai prompting the government to declare a Monday holiday for schools and colleges. It is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department said. Weathermen are expecting more rain in the next four days. Waterlogging was reported in several low-lyin...

After Mumbai woke up to yet another day of relentless downpour, flooded streets and waterlogged rail tracks prompted the education department to declare a holiday today.It is the highest rainfall of the season so far in 24 hours, India Meteorological Department Mumbai's deputy director general KS Hosalikar said.

Heavy rains continued to batter Mumbai, its surroundings and large parts of Maharashtra for the third consecutive day, hitting normal life, disrupting rail and road traffic on Monday

The weather department has issued a five-day weather alert for Uttarakhand, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra region. Heavy rain is also predicted in Telangana, Karnataka and Kerala.

A woman was crushed under a bus after she fell off a bike that hit a pothole in heavy rain in Kalyan near Mumbai last Friday. The incident, caught on CCTV camera, once again exposes the poor state of infrastructure in and around Mumbai, exacerbated by rain each year.

Heavy rain has once again exposed the poor maintenance of railway footbridges in Mumbai. Another bridge at Ghatkopar station was closed after cracks developed on it on Sunday. This is the second time within a week cracks have developed on a railway foot over-bridge. On July 3, the southern end of the Andheri railway bridge collapsed, severely injuring a woman, who lat...

The met office has issued a five-day weather alert for Vidarbha, Konkan and Goa. Since Saturday night, it has been raining in Mumbai and its suburbs. For four days there was incessant rain in Goa, the heaviest the state has seen since 1994.

A 36-year-old woman, who was severely injured when the pathway of a bridge collapsed over the railway tracks at Andheri station, died today at RN Cooper Hospital, a civic official said.

More than 100 people stranded at a waterfall near Mumbai after heavy rain yesterday were rescued in an elaborate operation which included an air force helicopter. A 35-year-old man from suburban Kandivli was killed after being swept away yesterday by strong currents in the waterfall, the police had earlier said.

Normal life has been paralysed in large parts of Maharashtra and the Konkan region after heavy rain lashed the region since last night. Roads in Dombivili, Thane, Badlapur and Kalyan were waterlogged and train services were affected for nearly an hour in the morning.

The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly was adjourned for an hour as electricity supply had to be turned off after the switching centre that provides power to Vidhan Bhavan premises was flooded following rains in the city.

The Mumbai civic body is geared up to deal with any eventuality in the wake of heavy rains forecast for the next 24 hours, an official said today.

Mumbai University has announced that those who missed the examinations today can reappear later.

Mumbai University has announced that those who missed their examination today after heavy rains threw life out of gear in the city will be allowed to write their exams again.

Rain in Mumbai today slowed down traffic, hit trains and led to a bridge collapsing at Andheri station in the morning. At least five people were injured, two critically, as a section of the Gokhale bridge connecting two busy train stops and used by thousands of commuters each day, crashed following incessant rain. The bridge collapse was held up as an example of the a...

Rail traffic in Mumbai took a massive hit on Tuesday after a section of a bridge at Andheri - one of Mumbai's busiest rain lines - caved in following heavy rain in the city.

A portion of the Andheri West bridge collapsed due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai obstructing train operations. Local trains on Western Suburban Line have been affected due to technical reasons between Andheri and Vile Parle. BMC fire brigade as well as RPF staff and officers have been rushed to the spot for support, the Mumbai police said. Police officials are also chec...

Gokhale Bridge Andheri Station Collapse: A part of a bridge caved in at Andheri station in Mumbai this morning following incessant rain, hitting train traffic.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rainfall in the Mumbai region for today and tomorrow.

Delhi Weather Forecast: It rained in Delhi today bringing the temperature down by nearly 6 degrees Celsius this morning. The weather department had, last week, predicted pre-monsoon rain in Delhi NCR starting from today.