Mumbai rain LIVE updates: Heavy rains lashed parts of Maharashtra leading to severe waterlogging in multiple areas on Saturday.
Mumbai rain news LIVE updates: As the rain situation prevails Maharashtra, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an 'orange alert' for Sunday in Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts, and a 'yellow alert' to Mumbai predicting heavy rainfall again. The landslide in Irshalwadi tribal hamlet of Raigad district, caused by the heavy rainfall, has resulted in at least 27 deaths, and over 78 people are still reported missing. Chief minister Eknath Shinde met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday and informed him about the prevailing flood and landslide situation caused by incessant rain. The Shiv Sena announced that the chief minister would adopt children who lost both parents in the landslide.
In Gujarat, the IMD has issued a 'red alert' for Valsad, Bhavnagar, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Daman, and Dadra Nagar Haveli, and an 'orange alert' for Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Amreli, Jamnagar, Gir Somnath, and Kutch, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall for the next two days.
Due to the incessant rainfall on Saturday, vehicular movement was disrupted as water entered the engines of vehicles. Traffic snarled on National Highway 48 in Gujarat, but it was later resumed. Navsari and Junagadh remained the most affected districts. In Junagadh city, dozens of vehicles and cattle were swept away in the gushing waters.
Earlier on Friday, chief minister Bhupendra Patel conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Sutrapada, Mangrol, and Gir Somnath.
- Jul 23, 2023 10:08 AM IST
Heavy rains lash parts of Maharashtra, leading to waterlogging in multiple areas
Heavy rains lashed parts of Maharashtra leading to severe waterlogging in multiple areas on Saturday.
Severe water-logging also occurred in Bhiwandi following heavy rainfall which led to cars being half submerged in water.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in isolated areas in Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts for Sunday.
The weather department has also issued a yellow alert for heavy rainfall in isolated places in Mumbai for today.
- Jul 23, 2023 09:51 AM IST
Heavy rains batter south Gujarat, Saurashtra; Navsari, Junagadh cities worst hit
Heavy to very heavy rains pounded several districts in Gujarat’s south and Saurashtra regions on Saturday, triggering a flood-like situation in urban areas and isolating villages amid rising water levels in dams and rivers surging to danger levels.
In Junagadh city, dozens of parked cars and cattle were swept away in gushing waters after it received 219 mm of rain in 8 hours till 4 pm on Saturday. People were seen wading through waist-deep water to shift to safer places, while some of them were rescued by volunteers as they were carried away in strong currents.
- Jul 23, 2023 09:39 AM IST
Mi-17 V5 helicopter deployed to evacuate people in Yuvatmal
With heavy rains lashing Maharashtra's Yavatmal, Mi-17 V5 helicopter has been inducted from Nagpur to evacuate 40 people who have been stranded due to floods.
"Based on the requisition of the District administration, one Mi-17 V5 helicopter is being inducted from Nagpur to evacuate 40 people stranded due to floods in Yuvatmal district," said Wing commander (Wg Cd) Ratnakar Singh, Defence PRO Nagpur.
With heavy rains lashing Maharashtra's Yavatmal on Friday night, many residential areas in the district were inundated, and water also entered several houses on Saturday.
- Jul 23, 2023 09:22 AM IST
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray meet residents of Irshalwadi
On Saturday, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray met residents of Irshalwadi. He said people living in landslide-prone areas in Maharashtra should be moved to safer locations. “Not just Irsahlwadi. All such localities should be rehabilitated in nearby villages or areas,” he said. The former chief minister said he had planned a scheme to rehabilitate villages residing in landslide-prone areas to safer places.
- Jul 23, 2023 09:05 AM IST
5 day rainfall forecast for Mumbai
- Jul 23, 2023 08:58 AM IST
Raigad landslide: Search and rescue operation resumes on 4th day; 81 people untraced
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other agencies resumed the search and rescue operation for the fourth day on Sunday at Irshalwadi village in Maharashtra's Raigad district where a massive landslide led to the death of at least 27 people, officials said.
According to an NDRF official, no body was recovered so far after the search and rescue operation resumed in the morning.
The death toll in the landslide mounted to 27 on Saturday while 81 persons are yet to be traced, officials earlier said.
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