Mumbai Rain Chaos

Four people have died - three were electrocuted - in Pune, two drowned after falling into Thane's Barvi Dam, and a red alert has been declared for Mumbai and Palghar after heavy rainfall, overnight and this morning, battered Maharashtra.

Overnight and continuing morning rain have brought Mumbai to a standstill, disrupting public transport services and causing inconvenience to countless commuters.

Opposition parties Tuesday lashed out at the ruling Shiv Sena and BJP for the loss of lives due to wall collapse incidents in Mumbai and Pune and attributed them to "corruption".

Large parts of Mumbai, home to India's financial markets and the central bank, were inundated because of incessant monsoon rains over the past 24 hours, prompting the city administration to declare a holiday.

The German car-makers has prepared a cross-functional task force from the after-sales team to support the customers whose vehicles have been affected in the sudden Mumbai inundations, on August 29.

Four persons, including a three-year-old girl, were washed away in separate incidents following heavy rain in neighbouring Maharashtra's Palghar district, about 87 km from Mumbai. Of the four, the body of the minor girl has been recovered so far, Palghar police said.

While there were enough and more warnings issued regarding Mumbai rain, delayed action caused the chaos!

Just before the first light of dawn at 4:30am, office goers stranded at their workplaces - which got converted into makeshift dormitories for the night- made their way to the Churchgate station in south Mumbai to reach home.

Even as the country's financial capital reeled under the impact of heavy rains, Shiv Sena, which rules the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, today complimented the civic body for ensuring that the situation did not "go out of hand".

In the 24-hour cycle since Tuesday 8.30 a.m. till Wednesday, the suburbs recorded 332 mm while the city notched 111 mm rains, the IMD said.

With Mumbai rains creating chaos in the city, Uber and Ola have offered free rides and suspended surge pricing to help the consumers.

Mumbai is slowly limping back to normal a day after heavy rain battered the city. The rainfall recorded in Mumbai yesterday is said to be the heaviest in 12 years, recording almost 300 millimeters in some locations. Today, several roads have been cleared for traffic and water has receded from some public areas. Local trains are also running, though...

The Mumbai Police, which has been tweeting updates as the city dissolves in chaos after heavy rain, has asked people to "avoid waterfronts, sitting on tetrapods or on promenades" with a high tide of 3.32 metres which was expected at 4:40 pm. It has also asked Mumbaikars to cooperate with policemen on duty.

Heavy overnight rains lashed Mumbai and adjoining areas causing water logging in several low-lying areas, resulting in slow movement of peak hour rail traffic this morning.

Heavy rains since morning flooded many parts of Mumbai, disrupting rail and road traffic as well as flights, officials said. Traffic crawled at a snail's pace on major thoroughfares like Eastern Express and Western Express highways and major north-south roads, delaying tens of thousands.

Four people have died - three were electrocuted - in Pune, two drowned after falling into Thane's Barvi Dam, and a red alert has been declared for Mumbai and Palghar after heavy rainfall, overnight and this morning, battered Maharashtra.

Overnight and continuing morning rain have brought Mumbai to a standstill, disrupting public transport services and causing inconvenience to countless commuters.

Opposition parties Tuesday lashed out at the ruling Shiv Sena and BJP for the loss of lives due to wall collapse incidents in Mumbai and Pune and attributed them to "corruption".

Large parts of Mumbai, home to India's financial markets and the central bank, were inundated because of incessant monsoon rains over the past 24 hours, prompting the city administration to declare a holiday.

The German car-makers has prepared a cross-functional task force from the after-sales team to support the customers whose vehicles have been affected in the sudden Mumbai inundations, on August 29.

Four persons, including a three-year-old girl, were washed away in separate incidents following heavy rain in neighbouring Maharashtra's Palghar district, about 87 km from Mumbai. Of the four, the body of the minor girl has been recovered so far, Palghar police said.

While there were enough and more warnings issued regarding Mumbai rain, delayed action caused the chaos!

Just before the first light of dawn at 4:30am, office goers stranded at their workplaces - which got converted into makeshift dormitories for the night- made their way to the Churchgate station in south Mumbai to reach home.

Even as the country's financial capital reeled under the impact of heavy rains, Shiv Sena, which rules the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, today complimented the civic body for ensuring that the situation did not "go out of hand".

In the 24-hour cycle since Tuesday 8.30 a.m. till Wednesday, the suburbs recorded 332 mm while the city notched 111 mm rains, the IMD said.

With Mumbai rains creating chaos in the city, Uber and Ola have offered free rides and suspended surge pricing to help the consumers.

Mumbai is slowly limping back to normal a day after heavy rain battered the city. The rainfall recorded in Mumbai yesterday is said to be the heaviest in 12 years, recording almost 300 millimeters in some locations. Today, several roads have been cleared for traffic and water has receded from some public areas. Local trains are also running, though...

The Mumbai Police, which has been tweeting updates as the city dissolves in chaos after heavy rain, has asked people to "avoid waterfronts, sitting on tetrapods or on promenades" with a high tide of 3.32 metres which was expected at 4:40 pm. It has also asked Mumbaikars to cooperate with policemen on duty.

Heavy overnight rains lashed Mumbai and adjoining areas causing water logging in several low-lying areas, resulting in slow movement of peak hour rail traffic this morning.

Heavy rains since morning flooded many parts of Mumbai, disrupting rail and road traffic as well as flights, officials said. Traffic crawled at a snail's pace on major thoroughfares like Eastern Express and Western Express highways and major north-south roads, delaying tens of thousands.