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. From Nagpur visuals of waterlogged streets and the assembly premises emerged. Thane also received rainfall yesterday. Deaths due to lightening were reported from suburban Mankhurd. In Vasai, near Mumbai, one person died on Saturday and a rescue operation was on for 12 others stranded at Chinchoti waterfall
A Central Railways press release came with an update of rain and cancellation of trains. The National Disaster Management authority issued advisories for Assam, Mumbai, Goa, Uttarakhand and others as more rains are expected.
Here are the live updates on rains in Mumbai and Goa
#Mumbai: Heavy rainfall has led to waterlogged streets in several parts of the city, visuals from Hindmata area. pic.twitter.com/kah8hl8sgO
- ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2018
Vehicles pass through a waterlogged road in front of Sion police station in Mumbai
#WATCH Vehicles wade the water-logged road in front of Sion police station as heavy rain continues to lash the city of #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/QiAshrEwgr
- ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2018
In Mumbai, Cracks Develop On Bridge In Ghatkopar; City Grapples With Heavy Rain And WaterloggingHeavy rain has exposed poor maintenance of railway footbridges in Mumbai. Another bridge at Ghatkopar station was closed after cracks developed on it on Sunday. This is the third time within a week that cracks have developed on a railway foot over-bridge after the July 3 Andheri bridge collapse and another at Mumbai's Grant Road Station.
1 dead, over 100 rescued from waterfall near Mumbai after heavy rainhttps://t.co/VERTxbTQtJ
- NDTV (@ndtv) July 8, 2018
Vehicles move through flooded streets after heavy rain in Sion, Mumbai
Schools were closed in Nagpur on Saturday due to heavy rain and the city is expected to get more rainfall in the next 24 hours. In just nine hours, Nagpur recorded 265 mm of rainfall on Friday.
Mahrashtra: Rain lashes parts of Mumbai. Visuals from Western Express Highway at Dindoshi. pic.twitter.com/Mft1mRHd1B
- ANI (@ANI) July 7, 2018
Intermittent rain is in likely in some parts of Mumbai today.
