Mumbai rains updates: 3 dead, 5 injured as heavy rains lash Mumbai
Live MintMumbaikars woke up to heavy rains, ending a long dry spell, but a few hours of incessant showers left the financial capital struggling with the familiar monsoon woes of waterlogging, delayed trains, traffic jams and choked drains. Road, National College- In between Old Khar to Bandra talkies Sion Road No-2, Vallabh Road Hindmata Cinema on Dr. B. Ambedkar Road Gandhi Market-- Srirang Sabade Marg 6.40 pm: A four-storeyed building was Friday sealed after plaster started peeling in chunks in heavy rains that lashed Thane and Palghar districts, a civic official said. The building is located in Kismat Colony in Mumbra township and all 16 tenements as well as 2,000 students of a school on the ground floor were evacuated by the local fire brigade, Thane Regional Disaster Management Cell chief Santosh Kadam said 3:45 pm: Water-logging was also reported from several areas of Navi Mumbai. 12:54 pm: Nashik district recorded 374.5 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours till 8 am today: IMD 12:46 pm: The weather department said rain intensity was likely to rise during the weekend. 12:07 pm: Between 8.30am on Wednesday and 8.30am on Thursday, south Mumbai recorded moderate showers while light rain was recorded in the suburbs 12:04 pm: "Intense spell of rainfall likely to occur in the districts of Greater Mumbai, Thane, Palghar during next four hours," said IMD.