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Aqua Line underground station lives up to name

MUMBAI, May 27 -- An early rain test for Mumbai's underground metro stations has not gone well. Aqua Line's Acharya Atre Chowk Metro station, inaugurated only a fortnight ago, flooded in the first hea... Read More


'IMD alerts, monsoon forecasts faulty'

MUMBAI, May 27 -- On Monday, the city woke up to a heavy downpour that caught it completely off guard as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a yellow alert, the second mildest in its ... Read More


5 dead as rains lash Konkan, western and northern Maha

Mumbai, May 27 -- Heavy rains disrupted normal life in Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and other districts of Konkan and parts of western Maharashtra on Monday as roads, railway tracks, bridges, farmland and s... Read More


9 house, wall collapses, 45 tree falls, a landslide

MUMBAI, May 27 -- Wall collapses, tree falls, and a minor landslide followed heavy rains in the city on Monday. At 9.51am, a wall and a second-floor staircase of the Haji Kasam chawl building on Pitam... Read More


Colaba's Somani Marg: A new flooding concern

India, May 27 -- Somani Marg in Colaba experienced significant waterlogging for the first time since the 2005 deluge, catching both residents and the BMC off guard. With drains choked and water flowin... Read More


Saki Naka: A civic victory

India, May 27 -- Once notorious for turning into a virtual river during the first spells of pre-monsoon showers, Saki Naka in Andheri East surprised residents and commuters on Monday with a smooth, wa... Read More


Rainwater floods KEM Hospital; patients sit in ankle-deep water

MUMBAI, May 27 -- Monday's intense rainfall severely affected civic-run KEM Hospital in Parel, flooding key areas and disrupting services. Water entered several ground-floor wards and diagnostic units... Read More


Local heroes brave Ulhas river to rescue stranded shepherds

Thane, May 27 -- Two residents of Galegaon village rescued three shepherds who were stranded on an islet in the Ulhas river near Mohili, Kalyan, as water levels rose due to heavy rainfall on Monday. W... Read More


200mm rain in Belapur, five picnickers rescued

NAVI MUMBAI, May 27 -- Incessant rain swept through Navi Mumbai on Monday, flooding low-lying homes, causing severe water-logging in parts of the city, causing vegetables to rot in wholesale markets, ... Read More


Woman dies in Virar slab collapse

MUMBAI, May 27 -- A 35-year-old mother died and her children were injured when a slab of their house collapsed due to heavy rains in Virar on Monday. The building in Gopcharpada, Virar East had been t... Read More