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Mumbai Rains Updates: South Mumbai waterlogged after hours of heavy rains; rainfall to continue tomorrow, says IMD
Fp Staff •Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Several areas in Mumbai also experienced power cuts due to waterlogging after incessant rain on Wednesday, reports said.
Mumbai rains: Several areas waterlogged as heavy showers, strong winds batter city; one dies of electrocution
Fp Staff •The IMD said heavy rainfall will continue to batter Mumbai and neighbouring areas until Thursday morning with strong winds up to 70 kmph expected along and off the coastal areas
Mumbai rains updates: Airport's main runway likely to be operational by Thursday; DGCA issues safety circular for airlines
Fp Staff •Mumbai rains LIVE updates: The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued an air safety circular for airlines in wake of the monsoon season. Meanwhile, the main runway of the Mumbai airport is likely to remain closed for flight operations till Thursday as it will take more time to remove the SpiceJet plane that was stuck partially on the runway on Monday.
Rain fury paralyses Mumbai: Several areas waterlogged after overnight downpour; wall collapse kills 21
Fp Staff •Mumbai was on Tuesday paralysed by incessant rain, which left many parts of the financial capital waterlogged and 21 dead in a wall collapse in the city. Fourteen persons died in rest of Maharashtra in rain-related incidents since Monday.
Mumbai rains: Two drown as car gets stuck in flooded subway in Malad; police register case of accidental death
•Two persons travelling in a car drowned after their vehicle got stuck in a flooded subway in suburban Malad amid heavy downpour, police said on Tuesday.
Mumbai rains: 'It's not BMC's fault, blame monsoon,' says Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Malad wall collapse
•Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday claimed that the BMC was prepared for monsoon but tragedies like wall collapse occur due to heavy downpour
Mumbai rains: Navy deploys team to assist in rescue ops; 'at least 1,000 people evacuated from Kranti Nagar in Kurla,' says BMC
•Following heavy rains in Maharashtra, the Indian Navy on Tuesday deployed teams to provide assistance in rescue operations. As many as 1,000 people have been shifted to safe places with the help of National Disaster Response Force, fire brigade, Naval teams as well as local volunteers. In wake of the very heavy rainfall forecast by Meteorological department, the state government has declared a public holiday in Mumbai today.
Mumbai rains: Opposition parties blame 'corrupt' ruling Shiv Sena-BJP alliance for wall collapse incidents in Malad, Pune
•Opposition parties on Tuesday lashed out at the ruling Shiv Sena and BJP alliance for the loss of lives due to wall collapse incidents in Mumbai and Pune due to heavy rainfall
Mumbai rains: 54 flights diverted, 52 flights cancelled as airport’s main runway shut after SpiceJet flight overshot runway
•Around 54 flights were diverted to the nearby airports and 52 flights were cancelled as heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai
Mumbai rains: 18 killed, at least 6 injured after compound wall collapsed in Malad East, rescue operations underway
•At least 12 people were killed and six others injured after a compound wall collapsed in Malad area, on Tuesday due to heavy rains, NDRF officials said