14 Images Show How Heavy Rain Ravaged Mumbai As Downpour Refuses To Stop Halting Normal Life
Mumbai has been grappling with a torrential downpour and waterlogging for the past few days. Mumbai received heavy rains in the last two days and its adjoining areas crippled healthy life and disrupted rail and air traffic on Sunday morning. India Meteorological Department IMD has forecast heavy showers in the city and suburbs and weighty rain at isolated places in the next 24 hours.
Mumbai has been grappling with a torrential downpour and waterlogging for the past few days. Mumbai received heavy rains in the last two days, and its adjoining areas crippled healthy life and disrupted rail and air traffic on Sunday morning.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy showers in the city and suburbs and weighty rain at isolated places in the next 24 hours. The IMD has warned off heavy rains to continue in the city till Monday with a 'red alert' for Sunday.
Here are some images that show how heavy rains have left normal life in the financial capital, completely rattled.
1. Many parts of Mumbai and it's adjoining areas like Thane and Palghar recorded heavy rains overnight. This led to traffic being affected in areas of Malad, Andheri and Dahisar Subway.
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2. This happened due to record rainfall in last two days at Mira Road on Sunday morning.
Mira Road today morning. @IndiaWeatherMan @MumbaiLiveNews @RidlrMUM @miraroadmumbai pic.twitter.com/q1bUcXX5Y4
¡ª Sudipto (@Sudiptosarkar25) August 4, 2019
3. IMD issued 'red alert' in Mumbai because of heavy rainfall in the next two days. Avoid outing as far as possible.
#MumbaiRains #MumbaiRainsLiveUpdates #MumbaiRainsLive #MumbaiRain #Mumbai pic.twitter.com/TLQVWJiQz3
¡ª Aditya Salve (@salveaditya786) August 4, 2019
4. Mumbaikars saved a six month old during heavy rainfall in Mumbai last two days.
#MumbaiRainLive #MumbaiRains
¡ª Geetika Swami (@SwamiGeetika) August 3, 2019
This is Mumbaikars saved a six-month-old during the heavy rains.
Despite the frenzy and heavy chaos, the spirit of Mumbai never dies. Heartwarming!#SaturdayThoughts #SaturdayMotivation pic.twitter.com/srstEp36Sj
5. The highest high tide of the four monsoon months is also of 4.90 metres at 1.44 pm exactly during the period when the IMD has forecast heavy rains for the city.
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6. All government schools to remain closed in Thane on Saturday due to continuous rainfall in the city.
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7. Four young picnickers drown at a waterfall near driving range close to Pandavkada hills in Kharghar in Navi Mumbai.
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8. Commuters walk on the tracks as Kurla-Csmt line is closed due to waterlogging.
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9. Continuous heavy rain in the Mumbai region claimed six lives and threw a cargo ship and Central Railway services off tracks on Saturday.
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10. Suburban train services suspended, long distance trains badly hit due to heavy downpour.
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11. Due to Heavy rains and release of water from Gangapur dam into the Godavari river caused a flood-like situation in some areas of Maharashtra¡¯s Nashik district.
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12. On Saturday, high tide threw tonnes of garbage along Mumbai's iconic Marine Drive, as city was brought to a standstill amid heavy rain.
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13. The workers removed five metric tonnes of garbage from from Girgaum Chowpatty, 50 metric tonnes from Dadar and Mahim Chowpatty, 110 metric tonnes from Versova and Juhu beach and eight metric tonnes from Gorai beach.
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14. As per weather forecast, intense spells of rain likely to continue in the next 4 hours and heavy to very heavy rainfall in the next 24 hours. We request Mumbaikars to take adequate precautions and ensure safety.
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