Maharashtra Rain Updates

Four people have died - three were electrocuted - in Pune, two drowned after falling into Thane's Barvi Dam, and a red alert has been declared for Mumbai and Palghar after heavy rainfall, overnight and this morning, battered Maharashtra.

Three men died of electrocution in Maharashtra's Pune in the early hours of Thursday while trying to move their handcart that got submerged due to heavy rains, police said.

At least three people, including two tourists from Maharashtra, were killed in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath in a landslide triggered by rains today, officials said.

Telangana Rain: Six people have died in Telangana as heavy rainfall continues to batter the state. The incessant rain has caused widespread flooding and damage to roads and crops.

Mumbai received an average 100 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours and the weather department has predicted heavy to very heavy showers in the city and suburbs along with strong winds over the next one day.

Heavy rains pounded Thane and neighbouring Palghar district of Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, resulting in water-logging in many areas and a number of incidents of tree fall, officials said.

Cyclone Biparjoy has intensified into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm and lies centered over the east-central Arabian Sea.

Heavy rain along with strong winds continued in Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday causing waterlogging and traffic snarls in several areas.

The weather department has issued an alert in Karnataka today warning of "extremely heavy rainfall" in coastal areas of the state. Maharashtra too is seeing very heavy rainfall for the last 24 hours with Mumbai getting rain for the fourth day today

Mumbai Rain: Normal life was affected on Wednesday as heavy rain lashed Mumbai and its suburbs causing waterlogging at several locations.

The IMD on Tuesday issued a heavy rainfall alert for Maharashtra over the next four days, following which Chief Minister Eknath Shinde directed the state administration officials to take precautions and ensure there is no loss of life or property.

Amid the rain havoc in parts of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said a separate force on the lines of the NDRF will be set up in all districts of the state and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) will also be strengthened.

At least 76 people are dead, 89 injured and several missing after torrential rain over the past few days led to floods and landslides in coastal districts of Maharashtra, destroying thousands of buildings and leaving entire villages underwater.

When heavy rains started pounding Chiplun town in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district on July 21, little did Pragati Rane, who runs a small coaching centre there, think that things could escalate.

Indian Army has mobilised teams to Maharashtra, which has been hit by heavy rainfall that triggered landslides and flooding in several districts of the state. Over 130 people have died and over 84,000 people have been moved to safer places.

Four people have died - three were electrocuted - in Pune, two drowned after falling into Thane's Barvi Dam, and a red alert has been declared for Mumbai and Palghar after heavy rainfall, overnight and this morning, battered Maharashtra.

Three men died of electrocution in Maharashtra's Pune in the early hours of Thursday while trying to move their handcart that got submerged due to heavy rains, police said.

At least three people, including two tourists from Maharashtra, were killed in Uttarakhand's Kedarnath in a landslide triggered by rains today, officials said.

Telangana Rain: Six people have died in Telangana as heavy rainfall continues to batter the state. The incessant rain has caused widespread flooding and damage to roads and crops.

Mumbai received an average 100 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours and the weather department has predicted heavy to very heavy showers in the city and suburbs along with strong winds over the next one day.

Heavy rains pounded Thane and neighbouring Palghar district of Maharashtra in the last 24 hours, resulting in water-logging in many areas and a number of incidents of tree fall, officials said.

Cyclone Biparjoy has intensified into an Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm and lies centered over the east-central Arabian Sea.

Heavy rain along with strong winds continued in Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday causing waterlogging and traffic snarls in several areas.

The weather department has issued an alert in Karnataka today warning of "extremely heavy rainfall" in coastal areas of the state. Maharashtra too is seeing very heavy rainfall for the last 24 hours with Mumbai getting rain for the fourth day today

Mumbai Rain: Normal life was affected on Wednesday as heavy rain lashed Mumbai and its suburbs causing waterlogging at several locations.

The IMD on Tuesday issued a heavy rainfall alert for Maharashtra over the next four days, following which Chief Minister Eknath Shinde directed the state administration officials to take precautions and ensure there is no loss of life or property.

Amid the rain havoc in parts of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said a separate force on the lines of the NDRF will be set up in all districts of the state and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) will also be strengthened.

At least 76 people are dead, 89 injured and several missing after torrential rain over the past few days led to floods and landslides in coastal districts of Maharashtra, destroying thousands of buildings and leaving entire villages underwater.

When heavy rains started pounding Chiplun town in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district on July 21, little did Pragati Rane, who runs a small coaching centre there, think that things could escalate.

Indian Army has mobilised teams to Maharashtra, which has been hit by heavy rainfall that triggered landslides and flooding in several districts of the state. Over 130 people have died and over 84,000 people have been moved to safer places.