India, 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 some residential areas were submerged, and hundreds of families were shifted to safer places. Four persons died after being struck by lightning, one person died due to drowning and another person went missing after being swept away by flood waters.

Ten teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in the coastal districts of Konkan along with Sangli, Satara and Kolhapur districts in western Maharashtra. Three teams of the NDRF have been permanently deployed in Mumbai while one team has been permanently deployed in Pal...