Mumbai, Aug 19
At least eight people have died so far amid heavy rain and floods in various parts of Maharashtra, even as the Weather Department has forecast heavy downpours on Tuesday and until August 21.
Rain lashed all parts of the state on Sunday and Monday, and the rain will continue with the same intensity in Mumbai for the next two days. After that, it will decrease on Friday. The weather bureau has issued a warning of extremely heavy rain for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar districts on Tuesday and has appealed to people to venture out of their homes only if necessary.
In the Nanded district, at least five people have died and six are missing in the floods. There is preliminary information that about 150 animals have been killed in the district. Rescue teams have succeeded in saving 293 people trapped in the floods. Midnight on Sunday, a team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) was deployed in the Mukhed area for rescue operations, and the Army has also been called from Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. One person died in Beed, and three people trapped in the flood were rescued. One person died after a wall collapsed in Akola.
In South Mumbai, one person died after a retaining wall collapsed on him at Shimla House in the Nepean Sea Road area of Malabar Hill. The accident occurred around 11.30 a.m. on Monday. The deceased was identified as Satish Tirke.