Intense spells of rain is likely to occur at few places during the next fourhours in greater Mumbai: BMC's disaster management unit has tweeted.
Mumbai is currently witnessing a low tide. The next high tide is at 10.13 pm tonight. Rainfall has reduced across Mumbai and its surrounding areas.
Suburban trains are running on on the main, Harbourand Trans-harbour lines in spite of heavy rains: Central Railway
People walk through a water-logged street after heavy rains in Thane. (Image: PTI)
Road diversion update:
Traffic between RA Road to Powaihas been diverted to JVLR.
Suburban trains over Central and Western railwaysare running with slight delay despite heavy rains in Mumbai: Central Railway.
Several offices in western suburbs have declared a holiday and have asked employees to leave for home due to heavy rains, reported The Indian Express.
37-year-old admitted to hospital after wall of under construction building falls in Wadala
A 37-year-old woman admitted to hospital in a critical condition after wall of an under construction building collapsed at around 4.45 am today, on Vidyalankar road in Wadala's Antop Hill, following heavy rain. FIR have been registered against the builder in the case.
Heavy showers cause waterlogging in different parts of Mumbai; trains delayed. (Image: PTI)
Skymet issues weather alert for Madhya Pradesh:
Light to moderate with isolated heavy rain likely over Balaghat, Betul, Bhopal,Chhindwara, Damoh, Indore, Jabalpur,Katni, Khandwa, Khargone, Raisen, Ratlam, Rewa, Sagar, Satna, Sehore, Sidhi, Singrauli, Ujjain, Umaria and Vidisha during next 8 hours.
A car struck in debris after a wall collapsed in Antop Hill, Wadala East area, in Mumbai on Monday. (Image: PTI)
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An FIR has been registered against the builder of the under construction building in Wadala after a wall fell apart this morning, reports Mirror Now.
Teenager dies as wall collapses in Thane: Report
Kiran Ghaywat, 15, died after a portion of a wall of a sewerage treatment plant at Vadolgaon, near Ulhasnagar in Thane district, collapsed on their house late last night, reported Hindustan Times.
18-year-old boy dies in Malad
Nagendra Nagarjun, an 18-year-old boy, fell into a manhole near Evershine Nagar in Malad (west) and drowned on Monday morning. He was pulled out and taken to a hospital, where he was declared brought dead
Rain intensity is reported to be more in suburbs compared to Mahim andDadar.
Weather Forecast by IMD @ 02.00 pm:
Intermittent rain and thunderstorm are likely to occur in the city and suburbs with very heavy falls at one or two place in the next 48 hours.
"Just visited landslide spot at Wadala. Builder-BMC and its Commissioner nexus is responsible for this mishap. Bodies lying are under debris. But even after 10 hours BMC has not started evacuation work. Why?," tweets Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam.
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WaterloggingatSantacruz, Bandra,MahimandKoliwada.
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Extremely poor visibility on the Western Express Highway accompanies with strong winds.
Weather Forecast by IMD @ 02.00 pm:
Intermittent rain and thunderstorm are likely to occur in the city and suburbs with very heavy falls at a few places in the next 24 hours.
Heavy rainfallin the Lower Parel and Prabhadevi area as of now.
3 people slip in Kharghar pond due to heavy rain, 1 body found: Report
Two 18-year old youngsters, and a 35-year-old man drowned in a pond due to the force of a gush of water from a stream flowing from the Kharghar hills on Sunday evening, reported Times of India. The victims have been identified as Faizan Siddique, Aabid Siddiqui, both from Taloja, and Rehan Siddiqui from Govandi.
The rain intensity over Marathwada and Vidarbha would, on the contrary, be comparatively on a lesser side with the possibility of isolated showers: Skymet.
Mumbai is expected to witness heavy to very heavy rains during the next 12 hours: Skymet.
Train number12933 Mumbai Central -Ahmedabad Karnavati Express scheduled departure 13.40 hours on 25/06/2018 has been rescheduled at 15.20 hours: Western Railway.
Waterlogging near Kurla station. (Image: Viswanath Pilla)
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Meteorological department issues orange alert over the west coast. It forecasts heavy to very heavy rainfall for the rest of June for Mumbai and adjoining areas.
Train number12933 Mumbai Central -Ahmedabad Karnavati Express has been scheduled for departure at 13.40 hourson 25/06/2018 has been rescheduled at 15.20 hours: Western Railway.
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Meteorological Department says monsoon may cover the entire Maharashtra in the next 24 hours. DS Pai tells CNBC TV18 that monsoon will hit Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh in the next 48 hours. Monsoon may hit Delhi by June 29 to July 1.
Between 0830 and 1130 hours, Dahanu and Santacruz added 25 mm of rain each. Intensity may increase during evening: Mahesh Palawat, Vice President at Skymet.
No disruption in running of trains on WR suburban section despiteheavy rains: Western Railways.
Skymet has issues weather alert for Jharkhand:
Rain and thundershowers with strong gusty winds and lightning strikes are likely over Bokaro, Deoghar, Dhanbad, Hazaribagh, Pakur, Palamu, Ramgarhand Ranchi during the next 24 hours.
Skymet has issued weather alert for Bihar:
Rain and thundershowers are likely over Araria, Aurangabad, Begusarai, Bhagalpur,Bhojpur, Buxar, Darbhanga, Gaya, Khagaria, Kishanganj, Lakhisarai, Madhepura, Madhubani, Munger, Muzaffarpurand Nawada during next 24 hours.
Milan andKhar Subway are open for commuters now. However traffic is moving slow due to water logging: Mumbai Police.
The MaheshwariUdyanand Sion road number24 are functional as of now, reports Commissioner of Police, Mumbai.
Waterlogging in several parts of the city due to heavy rains, traffic diverted
Owing to the heavy showers, several parts of the city, like Dharavi, Sion, Matunga, Hindmata, Malad, Kurla, Andheri subway, Bhandup, Worli and Lower Parel, were flooded with water up to two to three feet, and vehicles got stuck in some places. "Traffic has been diverted from Sion, King's circle, National College in Bandra, Siddharth Hospital in Goregaon, Chembur Phatak, Pratiksha Nagar in Sion, Milan Subway in Santacruz and Powai area of the city," a statement issued by civic body said.
At present, Mumbai in Maharashtra is the rainiest place in India with 231 mm of rainfall: Skymet.
3 killed in rain-related incidents in Mumbai
Two persons were killed last evening when a tree fell on them near Metro Cinema in south Mumbai, said an official from the disaster management unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). A 13-year-old boy was killed and his parents were injured when an adjacent wall collapsed on their house at Wadol village in Ambernath taluka of Thane around 2.15 am today, the district civic body's regional disaster management cell chief Santosh Kadam said.
In another incident, a 65-feet compound wall of a housing complex in Thane city collapsed this morning, crushing two cars and another vehicle, he said. The district received 229.81 mm rain in the last 24 hours, Kadam added.
In Mumbai, a huge part of a compound caved-in at Antop Hill area in Wadala. Around 15 cars were damaged with some vehicles getting buried under the debris, an official of the BMC's disaster management cell said. No casualty was reported in the incident, he said.
Heavy showers pound Mumbai, Thane; 3 killed in rain-related incidents
The Southwest Monsoon picked up momentum in Mumbai, bringing heavy showers that claimed three lives in the city and adjoining Thane, officials said today. Heavy rains lashed the metropolis and Thane district throughout the night and continued this morning, causing water-logging at several places and slowing the movement of suburban trains, thus causing inconvenience to office-goers.
Skymethas issued a weather Alert for West Bengal. "Rain and thundershowers are expected over Bankura, Barddhaman, Haora, Hugliin Kolkata,Murshidabad, Nadia and Purulia during next 24 hours.
In the last 24 hours, Colaba Observatory recorded 90 mm of rains, meanwhile, Santacruz observatory recorded 231 mm of monsoon rains.
Traffic moving slow on SCLR Kurla in both directions due to water logging: Mumbai Police.
Traffic closed at Khar subway, Santacruz division due to water logging.Traffic has been diverted to Link Road: Mumbai Police.
A tree fell at Mahananda Dairy, near NESCO, slowing down traffic on Western Express Highway in both directions: Mumbai Police.
Western Railwaysuburban trains are running despite of heavy rains in the city.
Rain situation near Tulsi pipeline in Mumbai. (Image: Anubhav Sahu)
Rain situation at the Western Express Highway in Mumbai. (Image: Anubhav Sahu)
Single line working is being initiated to pass the UP line trains from Downline between flood affected Sanjan - Bhilad section to pass UP line trains including August Kranti Rajdhani Express: Western Railway.
A K Gupta, General Manager, Western Railway is proceeding to personally monitor the restoration work of affected UP line track between BhiladandSanjan due to very heavy rains during the previous night. Efforts are on for early restoration: Western Railway
Due to heavy rainfall between Thane and Byculla stations, trains on Up and Down lines running late by 15-20 minutes.
