Mumbai Rains LIVE updates: Death toll rises to 31; heavy rainfall expected for next 4 days

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Sunday has asked citizens to boil water before drinking as heavy rains stopped the Bhandup water purification complex, which is one of the major sites of water supply to the city. The torrential rain that intensified from Saturday night flooded the water purification complex on Sunday, following which the civic body shut the plants down.

The BMC on Sunday evening updated the official number of people who were killed in various incidents following heavy rainfall in the city. According to the updated figures, 10 people died in Vikroli, 21 lost their lives in the Chembur landslide while 2 suffered

Twenty-five people died in house collapse incidents after heavy showers, which caused severe waterlogging and disruption of suburban train services and vehicular traffic in the metropolis on Sunday, officials said.

Seventeen people died as a compound wall came crashing down on some houses located on a hillock after a landslide, a fire official said.

Seven hutment dwellers died as six shanties collapsed after a landslide following incessant overnight rains in Mumbai's Vikhroli suburb at 2.30 am, a civic official said. Two persons were injured and were sent to a nearby hospital, he added.

A 16-year-old boy died after a forest department compound wall collapsed in suburban Bhandup, an official said.

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray will chair a high-level meeting of officials through video conference at 6 pm today, in view of the situation following heavy rains in Mumbai: Chief Minister's Office said. 

As a result of the inclement weather, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has temporarily suspended flight operations between 00:42-05:24 hrs on July 18 as a safety precaution. During this time, a total of 9 flights were diverted. Flight operations at CSMIA recommenced with effect from 05:24 hrs and are proceeding as per schedule.

In the Vikrohli building collapse incident, the death toll has increased to seven, and one is injured, who has been discharged from the hospital, the BMC said.

On Sunday afternoon, the Central Railways updated the operational and non-operational local train services in Mumbai. 

Amid several leaders expressing grief over the death of people due to accidents followed by heavy rainfall in Mumbai, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed deep condolences as well. Taking to Twitter, the CM said 'my heart is deeply pained and saddened by the heart-wrenching incident of the accident in Chembur, Mumbai'. Both PM Modi and CM Thackeray have announced ex-gratia for the victim's kin. 

According to the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation, parts of the city faced disruption in the water supply as heavy rainfall caused shut down of the Bhandup water purification complex.

Heavy rainfall in Mumbai that left several stranded, loss of life, and major injuries, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced a relief of Rs 5 lakh for the families of those who lost life and free treatment to the injured. 

After a wall collapsed in the Chembur area of Mumbai leaving over 14 dead, State Environment Minister Aditya Thackeray reached the disputed area to take a stock of the situation. 

Following heavy rainfall in Mumbai, several parts of the city witnessed horrific situations including a wall collapsed incident in the Bhandup area where a 16-year-old with at least 14 others lost their lives. In another incident, a man died due to electrocution in the Andheri area. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai updated regarding the unfortunate development. 

As heavy rain lashed Mumbai in the wee hours of Sunday, train services were severely hit. Initially, all the services were halted however as the situation improved few of the operations were resumed. Here is the updated list as posted by the Central Railwas. 

After heavy rainfall lashed parts of Mumbai on early Sunday, here are visuals from the Nalasopara area of the city. Moreover, IMD has issued a heavy rainfall alert for today as well. 

Several national leaders including PM Modi, HM Amit Shah, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari expressed sadness over the news of the death of several people in Mumbai. President Ramnath Kovind also shared deep sadness over the matter. PM Modi has announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the victim's kin. 

As several people in parts of Mumbai faced causality due to heavy rainfall in the city, Home Minister Amit Shah offered heartfelt condolences for the loss. Earlier PM Modi and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari also expressed grief on the development. At least 14 people died in Chembur, 3 in Vikhroli, 12 in Vashi Naka. 

Earlier 11 people were reported to be killed after a wall collapsed in the Chembur area of Mumbai. Now the death toll has risen to 14 and rescue operation is underway by the NDRF team. The wall collapse resulted from the heavy rainfall that lashed the city on Sunday. 

After 11 people in Chembur died due to wall collapse in Mumbai's Chembur area, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari expressed shock towards the unfortunate incident. The wall collapse incident was followed by heavy rainfall that lashed the city on Sunday. PM Modi has announced Rs 2 lakh relief package for the victim's kin. 

Due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai, at least 11 people lost their lives after wall collapsed in Mumbai's Chembur area. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced Rs 2 lakh each for the kin of the victims. Prime Ministers' Office (PMO) also informed that Rs. 50,000 will be given to those who are injured.

After facing issues due to a heavy downpour on Sunday, the local train services of Suburban's Western Railways were resumed. 

Vihar Lake, which supplies drinking water to residents of Mumbai, starts overflowing following heavy rainfall in the city. The heavy downpour started in the wee hours of Sunday and continued all night. 

Due to heavy rainfall on the intervening night of July 17-18, several train services were halted due to waterlogging and other issues. The Western Railways have however restored services inc certain train services around Virar, Churchgate, and Borivali area. 

As per the weather update shared by the Central Railways, parts of Mumbai and nearby areas including Kanjurmarg, Thane received rainfall over 200 mm. 

Due to heavy rainfall, the Central Railways in Mumbai 'terminated, canceled, rescheduled' in Mumbai. 

Seven people died and two were injured after a house wall collapse at Vashi Naka in Mumbai's Mahul area, a fire official said.

A retaining wall collapsed at 1 am after a tree fell on it, he said. The injured were taken to nearby Rajawadi hospital, he added.

The rain fury reminded some Mumbaikars of the the 24-hour rainfall figure of 944 mm on July 26, 2005.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Mumbai in the backdrop of heavy rains, a BMC official said.

Alerts by the IMD are colour-coded from green to red. A 'green' alert stands for 'no warning': no action needs to be taken by the authorities, and the forecast is of light to moderate rain. A 'red' alert stands for "warning", and asks authorities to "take action". An ‘orange’ alert indicates that the authorities are expected to “be prepared”.

A sudden change in climatic conditions led to Mumbai witnessing over 100 mm rainfall in six hours, the IMD said in an early morning bulletin. It also changed the rains forecast for the city from orange to red alert.

The IMD said that till 6.30 am on Sunday, Mumbai and adjoining areas received over 120 mm rainfall in preceding 12 hours.

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Even as the local train services resumed in parts of Mumbai, the Central Main Line and Harbour Line kept the train services shunted due to incessant rainfall. 

Expressing mourn over the news of people who lost their lives due to heavy rainfall in Mumbai, Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla prayed for the speedy recovery of those who are injured. A landslide in the Chembur area of Mumbai left 11 people dead and a residential building collapsed in Vikhroli. NDRF is carrying out rescue operations.

After a wall collapsed leaving 11 people dead in Mumbai's Chembur area, another residential building also collapsed in Vikhroli. As per the ANI, a ground-plus-one residential building collapsed in Mumbai's Vikhroli area in the wee hours of Sunday. Heavy rainfall lashed parts of the city on the intervening night of July 17-18. 

As heavy rainfall lashed the city of Mumbai on Sunday, National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team informed that a wall had collapsed in the Chembur area. The unfortunate incident killed 11 people in the Bharat Nagar area due to a landslide. NDRF is carrying out rescue operations. 

After halting local train services for several hours on early Sunday due to heavy rainfall and waterlogging, Western Railways resumed the services of both down and up services. At around 7 AM, services around Churchgate and Borivali had started again.

Mumbai Central Railways updated on the restoration of local train service after it was discontinued due to heavy rainfall on the intervening night of July 17-18.

Incessant overnight rains threw parts of Mumbai out of gear on Sunday with the city witnessing severe waterlogging, disruption of local train services, and vehicular traffic.

The rain fury reminded some Mumbaikars of the 24-hour rainfall figure of 944 mm on July 26, 2005.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Mumbai in the backdrop of heavy rains, a BMC official said.

Alerts by the IMD are color-coded from green to red. A 'green' alert stands for 'no warning': no action needs to be taken by the authorities, and the forecast is of light to moderate rain. A 'red' alert stands for "warning", and asks authorities to "take action". An orange' alert indicates that the authorities are expected to be prepared.

The suburban train services on both Central Railway and Western Railway in the financial capital were suspended due to waterlogging in the tracks due to the overnight heavy downpour, railway officials said.

A sudden change in climatic conditions led to Mumbai witnessing over 100 mm rainfall in six hours, the IMD said in an early morning bulletin. It also changed the rains forecast for the city from orange to red alert.

The IMD said that till 6.30 am on Sunday, Mumbai and adjoining areas received over 120 mm rainfall in the preceding 12 hours.

Mumbai would receive heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places, the IMD said.

Extremely heavy rainfall means precipitation of more than 204.5 mm in 24 hours, while heavy rainfall ranges between 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm rainfall, as per the IMD.

The bulletin issued at 3 am said IMD recorded 213 mm rainfall at Santacruz, 197.5 mm at Bandra and 174 mm at Colaba in the city.

Following the heavy rains, Western Railway announced suspension of suburban services due to waterlogging at "multiple locations."

"@WesternRly Currently No local train services are running in both UP and DN direction till further notice due to waterlogging at multiple locations," divisional railway manager of Western Railway's Mumbai division tweeted.

Central Railway said that due to waterlogging in tracks at Dadar, Parel, Matunga, Kurla, Sion, Bhandup and other locations, train services on mainline were suspended between CSMT and Thane.

"CSMT to Vashi services, including Bandra/Goregaon suburban services, are also not working," said Shivaji Sutar, chief spokesperson of Central Railway.

Several long-distance trains on both Central Railway and Western Railway were affected due to the flooded tracks.

Before the pandemic, both Central Railway and Western Railway used to ferry over 75 lakh commuters daily on their over 3000 suburban services. The suburban services during the pandemic are restricted to emergency services staff and government employees.

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The streets of Mumbai were once again left with heavy waterlogging as overnight rainfall lashed the city. On the intervening night of July 17-18, Mumbai citizens experienced heavy rainfall that went on nearly for the entire night. In several parts of the city including the Kandivali east area rainwater had entered common people's residences. The India Meteorological Department (IMD)'s monitoring station in Santacruz recorded just 31mm rain in the 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Saturday followed by 9mm through the day in contrast to the sudden thunderstorms in the city on Friday which deposited 253mm of rain in just 4.5 hours.

The met department had already warned and placed Mumbai under an orange category storm warning alert from July 18 to 20, indicating “heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places”, along with chances of extremely heavy rainfall (over 204.5mm in 24 hours) in some parts. The rainfall that occurred on Friday was marked as the heaviest of the season so far and the second largest quantum of daily rainfall (in July) recorded over the past 10 years, according to the IMD. 

Various parts of the city and its suburbs submerged in water on the early hours of Sunday, affecting daily life. Train services on Main Line and Harbor Line were hit due to heavy rains and waterlogging at several stations, as updated by the Central Railway.