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Thane district also continued to face the fury of incessant rains
Train and bus services were halted due to the flooding in certain regions
Mumbai: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) sounded a red alert for Mumbai and other districts in the Konkan region, predicting extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places over the next 24 hours.
Mumbai and its neighbouring districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad have been witnessing heavy rains since the last couple of days.
Five members of a family were killed on Monday after a boulder rolled down and crashed on their home due to incessant rains in Thane city, while seven people were feared drowned at separate places in Maharashtra as Mumbai reeled under downpour for the second day, leading to water-logging and disruption in local train services, officials said.
Mumbai: Rains pick up again in city and suburbs; local train services affected
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A day after heavy showers battered Mumbai, the rain intensity reduced briefly on Monday morning and picked up momentum again, leading to water-logging at some places and disrupting local train services, officials said.
On Sunday, 30 people were killed in the metropolis in rain-related incidents, including 19 in Mahul area of Chembur where a retaining wall collapsed on some houses after a landslide.
On Monday, no fresh death was reported, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.
However, after a brief spell of reduced intensity, the rains picked up pace again, causing inundation in some areas.
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Mumbai Rains Pick Up After A Brief Lull, Local Train Services Affected Again
There is a forecast of moderate to heavy rain/thundershowers in the city and suburbs with the possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in isolated places.
Outlook Web Bureau 19 July 2021, Last Updated at 12:18 pm Representational Image Outlook Web Bureau 2021-07-19T11:27:24+05:30 Mumbai Rains Pick Up After A Brief Lull, Local Train Services Affected Again outlookindia.com 2021-07-19T12:18:54+05:30
After a brief spell of reduced intensity, the rains in Mumbai picked up pace again, causing inundation in some areas and to disrupting local train services, officials said.