Mumbai's COVID hospital flooded following incessant rainfall
News | September 23, 2020 16:09 ISTDue to incessant rainfall, Mumbai's Nair Hospital, which is a COVID-19 dedicated hospital, was flooded on September 23.
Due to incessant rainfall, Mumbai's Nair Hospital, which is a COVID-19 dedicated hospital, was flooded on September 23.
Due to heavy rainfall in parts of country, vegetable prices continue to increase in Delhi's vegetable market. Vegetable sellers in Okhla Mandi blamed the rainfall for the regular spike.
The bail pleas filed by actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik Chakraborty, both arrested in a drugs case related to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, were to be heard on Wednesday by a single bench of Justice Sarang Kotwal through video-conferencing.
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai overnight, leaving many parts of the metropolis in waist deep water and disrupting rail and road traffic on Wednesday. Rains across the island city and the western suburbs picked up late on Tuesday evening. There were intense spells across Mumbai for a few hours overnight.
Several areas in Mumbai received heavy rain starting late afternoon on Tuesday. Areas in south Mumbai, as well as western and northern suburbs like Andheri, Jogeshwari, Goregaon, Malad and Borivali received around 70 mm rainfall since Tuesday morning, said an official from IMD Mumbai. India Meteorological Departmemt (IMD) predicted 'generally cloudy sky with heavy rain' for Mumbai.
Very light to light rain and thundershowers occurred at isolated places over eastern Uttar Pradesh on Monday, while the weather remained dry over the western parts of the state, the meteorological department said.
Heavy rains continued to lash Kerala on Monday with the IMD issuing an orange alert for 10 districts after a low-pressure area had formed over the North East Bay of Bengal and neighbourhood. The districts of Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasaragod have been issued Orange alert.
Water level of Jayakwadi Dam was increased following the heavy rainfall in the area. Jayakwadi Dam gates were opened on September 18 to release the excess water.
Two persons, including a woman, were killed in a building that collapsed in the city due to heavy rains accompanied by strong winds while five others were rescued, police said on Monday. The single-storey building on Chettiveedhi (Chetti Street) suddenly came down on Sunday night.
Mumbai witnessed overnight rains accompanied by loud thunderstorms on Monday, giving a breather amid rising temperature and humidity.
Heavy rainfall lashed parts of Delhi on September 05. Minutes of downpour led to water-logging near Teen Murti area and South Avenue.
A cyclonic circulation over Gangetic West Bengal is likely to cause thunderstorms and rain in the southern districts of the state, the Met Department said on Wednesday.
The back portion of an eight-storey residential building collapsed in Dongri area of Mumbai on Wednesday morning and a woman was feared trapped under a staircase there, a civic official said.
Dam overflow due to heavy rains and rivers are in spate. The worst conditions are in states like Gujarat and Maharashtra. Many areas here are submerged in water, people have been taken to safer places.
West Bengal's Siliguri city received heavy rainfall. It led to heavy water-logging in the city. Rain water entered into the residential areas as well.
Himachal Pradesh IMD Director Manmohan Singh informed that heavy rainfall is likely to occur in Sirmaur.
Several low lying areas of Gujarat's Bharuch have been flooded after water from Sardar Sarovar Dam was released.
Heavy rains lashed parts of Gujarat. The downpour in Dwarka city caused water-logging on roads which called for trouble for commuters taking the clogged roads.
A portion of a bridge collapsed following heavy rains in Nagpur on Sunday. According to the details, heavy rains in the catchment area of rivers in Madhya Pradesh, led to a rise in water levels in several rivers in Maharashtra, which led to the bridge collapse.
A car washed away after heavy rainfall caused flood-like situation in Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur.
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