More rains set to lash Mumbai and adjoining areas over the week, says IMD; NDRF deployed
Jul 05, 2022, at 11:57 pm
Mumbai: Heavy rains are set to lash Mumbai and Thane over the week, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted and issued yellow alerts for the two districts.
Mumbai rains: 22 people die, IMD issues red alert for metropolis
Jul 19, 2021, at 12:07 am
Mumbai: At least 22 people were killed and six others injured in two separate incidents of landslide and house collapse in Mumbai following the heavy rains that lashed the city.
PM Modi condoles loss of lives due to wall collapses in Mumbai
Jul 18, 2021, at 06:37 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the loss of lives due to wall collapses in Chembur and Vikhroli in Mumbai.
Shiv Sena MLA forces contractor to sit on waterlogged road, dumps garbage on him
Jun 14, 2021, at 07:23 am
Mumbai/IBNS: A Shiv Sena lawmaker made a contractor sit on a waterlogged road and asked people to dump trash on him as a punishment for allegedly not getting the drains cleaned properly.
Mumbai: Car disappears as part of ground caves in, video goes viral
Jun 13, 2021, at 11:33 pm
Mumbai: A bizarre incident was caught on camera where a parked car suddenly disappeared within seconds into a sinkhole at a residential complex in Mumbai.
Heavy rains with stormy winds at 107 kmph lash Mumbai, people asked to remain indoors
Aug 06, 2020, at 03:20 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The Mumbai weather, which was already witnessing heavy rains for the last two days, became rough on Wednesday with winds picking up and reaching upto 107 km per hour by the evening.
Monsoon fury: 500 stranded passengers rescued from held up Mahalaxmi Express
Jul 27, 2019, at 02:56 pm
Mumbai, July 27 (IBNS/UNI): Rescue officials worked hard to evacuate 500 passengers who were present in the stranded Mahalaxmi Express at Badlapur area in Maharashtra where rainfall has disrupted normal life, officials said on Saturday.
Heavy rains cripple life in Mumbai, 17 flights diverted
Jul 26, 2019, at 11:29 pm
Mumbai, July 26 (IBNS): Heavy rains crippled the life of Mumbaikars on Friday with the city experiencing waterlogging, traffic jams and flights being diverted.
Maharashtra dam breach floods villages, 2 die
Jul 03, 2019, at 09:00 am
Mumbai, July 3 (IBNS): The Tiware dam in Ratnagiri in Maharashtra was breached that resulted in the death of two people, media reports said on Wednesday.
Mumbai records heaviest rain in 24 hrs since 2005, 21 dead
Jul 02, 2019, at 11:03 pm
Mumbai, Jul 2 (IBNS): At least 21 people were killed as Mumbai received the heaviest of rains in the last 24 hours since the 2005 deluge.
Mumbai experiences heaviest rain in 24 hours in a decade, 18 dead
Jul 02, 2019, at 02:35 pm
Mumbai, July 2 (IBNS): Eighteen people died as Mumbai experienced the heaviest rain in a 24-hour time in a decade, media reports said.
Heavy rains lash Mumbai, 16 dead
Jul 02, 2019, at 09:04 am
Mumbai, July 2 (IBNS): As heavy rains continued to lash Mumbai, 16 death have been reported in rain-related accidents in the city, media reports said.
Heavy rains lash Mumbai, train service hit
Jul 01, 2019, at 09:25 am
Mumbai, July 1 (IBNS): Heavy overnight rains in Mumbai led to water-logging on railway tracks as several trains were either delayed or cancelled in the city on Monday, officials said.
Mumbai rains: 1 dead, over 100 rescued from Chinchoti waterfall
Jul 08, 2018, at 03:10 pm
Mumbai, July 8 (IBNS): At least one died while over 100 were rescued from the Chinchoti waterfall in Vasai near Mumbai as a result of heavy rains on Saturday.
Mumbai: Piyush Goyal visits spot, orders inquiry into Andheri bridge collapse incident
Jul 03, 2018, at 05:19 pm
Mumbai, July 3 (IBNS): Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday visited the site of the bridge collapse incident in Mumbai's Andheri area and said he has ordered an inquiry into the incident.
Bridge collapses close to Andheri railway station in Mumbai, five hurt
Jul 03, 2018, at 05:01 pm
Mumbai, July 3 (IBNS): At least five people were hurt as part of a bridge collapsed in Mumbai's Andheri on Tuesday morning, disrupting railway service in the city, officials said.
Rahul Gandhi urges people in Mumbai to stay safe
Jul 03, 2018, at 04:30 pm
New Delhi, July 3 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday directed people of Mumbai to stay safe after the city is hit by floods and a bridge collapse incident.
Dust storm hits New Delhi, disrupts normal life
Jun 09, 2018, at 06:57 pm
New Delhi, June 9 (IBNS): A dust storm hit New Delhi on Saturday, disrupting normal life in the national capital.
Heavy rain hits life in Mumbai, disrupts flight, rail service
Jun 09, 2018, at 02:49 pm
Mumbai, June 9 (IBNS): Life in Mumbai was badly hit on Saturday as the city was lashed by Monsoon rains, disrupting traffic and train and flight services in India's financial capital.
Pre-monsoon showers affect life in Mumbai, local trains running late
Jun 07, 2018, at 01:23 pm
Mumbai, Jun 7 (IBNS): Parts of Mumbai were left waterlogged and the city's local trains ran late as pre-monsoon showers hit the city on Thursday morning, according to media reports.
Gujarat braces for Cyclone Ockhi landfall, PM asks party members to help people in affected areas
Dec 05, 2017, at 06:29 pm
New Delhi, Nov 5 (IBNS): With Cyclone Ockhi expected to make a landfall over Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked his party members to offer assistance to people in the affected areas, according to media reports on Tuesday.
Oct 11, 2017, at 07:31 pm
Mumbai, Oct 11 (IBNS): The Railway Safety Panel in its report regarding the recent stampede on the Elphinstone Railway Overbridge has said that the accident occurred due to rains resulting in overcrowding on the bridge, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Life starts limping back to normal in rain-battered Mumnai
Sep 20, 2017, at 09:06 pm
Mumbai, Sep 20 (IBNS) : Life started crawling back to normal in Mumbai with surface transport resuming services as the met department announced that the "worst is over" even though heavy rains pounded the city for the second day on Wednesday, reports said.
Mumbai: Overnight rains retard proceedings
Sep 20, 2017, at 03:55 pm
Mumbai, Sep 20 (IBNS): Heavy rains, which belted Mumbai overnight on Tuesday, have slowed down life in the Financial Capital of India, retarding a host of operations, reports said.
Heavy rains lash Mumbai and its suburbs
Sep 20, 2017, at 04:40 am
Mumbai, Sept 19 (IBNS): Heavy rains accompanied with thunderstorms and lightening lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Tuesday, media reports.
Heavy rain retards daily-life in Mumbai
Sep 13, 2017, at 03:47 pm
Mumbai, Sep 13 (IBNS): Just a few days after the Financial Capital of India was impeded by heavy rain and a consequential flooding. Mumbai on Wednesday morning experienced a halt as a result of downpour late on Tuesday night and early morning today, reports said.
Mumbai to receive more heavy rains tomorrow, people advised to stay indoors
Aug 30, 2017, at 05:04 am
Mumbai, Aug 29 (IBNS): It seems like there is no respite for Mumbaikars as the weather department has sounded a "red alert" for heavy rains in Mumbai on Wednesday, even as the city already witnessed continuous downpour for the past three days.
Urge people of Mumbai and surrounding areas to stay safe: PM Modi
Aug 30, 2017, at 01:35 am
New Delhi, Aug 29 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people of Mumbai and its surrounding areas to stay safe as heavy rains dislodged and disrupted normal lives in the financial capital of India on Tuesday.