Search Ops Resume At Maharashtra Landslide Site; 119 Yet To Be Traced

The rescue and search operation at Irshalwadi hamlet in Maharashtra's Raigad district, where a massive landslide buried several houses and claimed the lives of at least 16 people so far, resumed on Friday morning, an official said.

Amid incessant rainfall, Maharashtra Disaster Management Minister Anil Patil on Thursday said that 98 out of 178 people have been rescued so far and 12 have died adding that the rescue operations are still underway.

They took a selfie in front of DP's Fast Food in Matunga while eating their way around Mumbai's restaurants.

The incident took place at 11:30 am amid heavy rains in the region for the past couple of days.

Mumbai received an average 100 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours and the weather department has predicted heavy to very heavy showers in the city and suburbs along with strong winds over the next one day.

Heavy rains lashed Mumbai and adjoining Thane and Palghar districts on Wednesday, disrupting suburban rail traffic and causing water-logging in low-lying areas from where people were evacuated, while a 14-year-old girl drowned in a swollen drain.

All government and private schools in Mumbai to be closed tomorrow due to heavy rain. According to the weather office, some areas of Mumbai is likely to witness heavy rain tomorrow.

Overnight heavy downpours have caused several rivers in Maharashtra's Konkan region to swell and trigger flood-like situations, prompting authorities to relocate people in a few towns and villages to safer areas, said officials today.

Local train services came to a halt today between Badlapur and Ambarnath section in Maharashtra's Thane district adjoining Mumbai due to water-logging on railway tracks after heavy rains, officials said.

Mumbai and its suburbs received heavy rainfall overnight and the weather department has issued a 'yellow' alert, predicting heavy rains in the city and adjoining areas today, officials said.

A 27-year-old woman drowned in the sea in Mumbai's Bandra last month - the video of which has surfaced on social media now.

A 70-year-old woman was killed and two others, including a woman and a three-year-old boy, were injured when a big branch of a tree fell on them in suburban Malad in Mumbai on Tuesday, civic officials said.

Mouni Roy enjoyed the rainy day in Mumbai while looking her breezy best

Heavy rain will continue in most parts of northwest India over the next few days, the weather office has said.

Monsoon Alert: Moderate to heavy rains hit Mumbai and Delhi with the weather department predicting more showers in both the cities on Thursday.

An elderly couple recreated the popular Bollywood song in a scene-by-scene manner.

The comments area of the video received a variety of responses from social media users.

In the post, the artist details "things that should have been built by now for Mumbai'' using the software Midjourney.

Moderate to heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai and its suburbs on Friday, which hit the road traffic in some parts due to waterlogging but boosted levels in lakes providing water to the city, officials said.

Road traffic in some parts of Mumbai was affected and local train services slowed down to some extent this morning as moderate to heavy rains continued to lash the metropolis and its suburbs, officials said.

Mumbai received more than 95 per cent of the rainfall recorded this month between June 24 and 29, the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) data showed.

Mumbai and its suburbs are set to recieve moderate to heavy showers, according to the weather forecast. Very heavy rainfall likely at isolated places, it said.

The Met department on Wednesday evening forecast heavy to very heavy rains in six districts of Maharashtra, issuing an orange alert'.

Two persons were killed and a teenager was injured in rain-related incidents in Mumbai, where heavy showers led to waterlogging in many areas, forcing the closure of a busy subway on Wednesday, while suburban train services were delayed.