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  • Weather Update: IMD Predicts Heavy Rainfall For Maharashtra, Bengal, Karnataka; Check Full Forecast |

    New Delhi: The Indian Metrological Department (IMD) forecasted extremely heavy rainfall over the region of West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and South Interior Karnataka while districts of Madhya Maharastra, Arunachal Pradesh and Coastal Karnataka can experience heavy rainfall on Monday. 

    The department informed that the regions of Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and north interior Karnataka, Assam, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura may experience thunderstorm accomplished with lightning & gusty wind on June 10. Maharashtra’s Mumbai has already experiencing rainfall for the past few days due to which several parts are causing waterlogging issues. 

    IMD Prediction For Heatwave

    States like Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand and some regions of Bihar are likely to experience a heatwave-like situation on Monday, while Odisha can experience hot and humid weather. 
    Madhya Pradesh districts Tikamgarh, Gwalior and Khajuraho experienced severe heatwave conditions on June 9 with more than 43 degrees Celsius.

    Mumbai Is Witnessing Monsoon Vibe 

    Mumbai has started witnessing rainfall after the southwest Monsoon has arrived in advance and will continue over the region of Maharashtra including Mumbai. Thunderstorms and rainfall were reported over regions of Mumbai which caused the waterlogged in several regions of Mumbai.

     

    #WATCH | Maharashtra: Several parts of Mumbai face waterlogging as the city receives heavy rainfall.

    Visuals from the Dadar area. pic.twitter.com/NJcZ2KIf5I
    — ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2024

     

  • Mumbai Hoarding Collapse: Ghatkopar Hoarding Owner Booked, Faces Rape Charges

    The Mumbai have registered a fir against the owner of the collapsed hoarding Bhavesh Prabhudas Bhind.

  • Mumbai Hoarding Collapse: 14 Dead, 74 Injured In Ghatkopar, Billboard Illegal | Latest Updates |

    The death toll reached 14 in the Mumbai hoarding collapse incident, over 74 trapped people have been rescued till now. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) worked overnight to excavate through the wreckage of the collapsed billboard.

    The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials informed that the rescue operations are going on at the Chheda Nagar-based petrol pump on Tuesday morning, reported PTI.

    Eknath Shinde, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, has declared a compensation of Rs 5 lakh for the families of the deceased, along with stating that the government will cover all medical expenses for the injured. 

    According to an official cited by PTI, a case has been registered against the owner of M/s Ego Media Private Limited, Bhavesh Bhinde and others for culpable homicide not amounting to murder and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code at Pant Nagar police station. 

    The billboard was illegal and no permission was taken to install it, reported PTI. The structure crashed down right in the middle of the fueling facility when the unseasonable rains lashed the city on Monday.

    #BreakingNews : मुंबई में होर्डिंग गिरने से 12 लोगों की मौत, तेज आंधी से घाटकोपर में गिरा था होर्डिंग, कई गाड़ियां होर्डिंग में दबी#Mumbai #DustStorm | @anchorjiya @Nilesh_isme pic.twitter.com/QeLqCDCwFv
    — Zee News (@ZeeNews) May 14, 2024

    The incident was reported around 5pm, NDRF Inspector Gaurav Chauhan told ANI last night. He added, “A huge advertising hoarding fell on a petrol pump. Around 65 people have been rescued. NDRF has rescued three people and located four dead bodies under the rubble. We are unable to use hydraulic and gasoline equipment to avoid any fire incident. We are using cranes to remove the debris. NDRF has rescued three victims. Before that 65 had been rescued. The rescue operations will continue till the morning.”

    President Droupadi Murmu took to ‘X’ to condole the victims of the incident, she wrote in hindi, “The news of several casualties due to the collapse of a hoarding in Ghatkopar area of ​​Mumbai is extremely sad. I express my deepest condolences to the bereaved families. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured and wish for the success of the relief and rescue operations.”

    मुंबई के घाटकोपर क्षेत्र में होर्डिंग गिरने से अनेक लोगों के हताहत होने का समाचार अत्यंत दुखद है। मैं शोक संतप्त परिवारजनों के प्रति गहन संवेदना व्यक्त करती हूं। मैं घायल हुए लोगों के शीघ्र स्वस्थ होने की प्रार्थना करती हूं तथा राहत और बचाव कार्य की सफलता की कामना करती हूं।
    — President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) May 13, 2024

  • Watch: Hoarding Collapses In Mumbai Amid Gusty Winds, 3 Dead, 59 Injured

    35 People Injured due to Hoarding Collapsed on a petrol pump due to a sudden weather change in Mumbai

  • Heavy morning showers inundate portions of Mumbai; site visitors motion affected 

    By means of PTI

    MUMBAI: Heavy rains and powerful winds lashed Mumbai and suburbs on Tuesday morning and flooded many portions of the town inside of a few hours, throwing street site visitors out of substances at some puts, officers mentioned. 

    A tree fell close to a petroleum pump with regards to the Dockyard railway station of the Harbour Line, because of which site visitors motion was once affected. The tree was once later moved apart and the site visitors resumed but it surely was once gradual, a police respectable mentioned.

    Some commuters claimed that the native trains, regarded as because the lifeline of Mumbai, have been operating past due via 5 to ten mins. However, officers of the Western Railway and the Central Railway mentioned the services and products have been operating typically.

    There was once water-logging as much as two ft at some puts and vehicular motion was once gradual in one of the western suburbs, in line with the Mumbai police.

    After mild showers for a few days, heavy rains made a comeback to the city on Monday evening. Town and suburbs witnessed incessant showers on Tuesday morning.

    There was once water-logging as much as two ft on the Andheri subway, and site visitors from there was once diverted to the S V Street, a police respectable mentioned. 

    Some spaces close to the south-bound finish of the Bandra-Worli sea hyperlink, Mahalaxmi junction, Gamadia junction, Tardeo have been additionally inundated as much as 0.5 ft. A an identical water-logging was once witnessed on the Hindmata junction because of which the south-bound site visitors was once shifting gradual.

    Visitors motion was once additionally gradual in Pratap Nagar, Jogeshwari within the western suburbs, at some spots at the Western Categorical Freeway, Netaji Palkar Chowk, Everard Nagar and close to a circle of relatives courtroom within the Bandra-Kurla Advanced, the respectable mentioned.

    The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has predicted reasonable to heavy rain within the town and suburbs with an opportunity of an overly heavy downpour at remoted puts and low gusty winds achieving 40-50 kmph over the following 24 hours.

    On Monday, the IMD issued an ‘orange’ alert for Mumbai, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall within the town for the following 3 days.

    The island town (south Mumbai) won 42.42 mm of rainfall within the 24-hour length until 8 am on Tuesday as in opposition to 12.04 mm the day ahead of.

    The japanese and western suburbs recorded 63.90 mm and 52.43 mm showers, respectively, in comparison to 22.12 mm and 12.76 mm yesterday, a civic respectable mentioned.

    The MeT division problems 4 colour-coded predictions in accordance with the existing climate prerequisites. The golf green color signifies no caution, yellow is to stay an eye fixed, orange is to stick alert, whilst purple way a caution and that motion must be taken.