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Heavy rains claim 3 lives in Mumbai, Thane

Heavy rains claim 3 lives in Mumbai, Thane

Mumbai, June 25 (UNI) Incessant rains lashing Mumbai since Sunday has claimed three lives.

A 13-year-old boy was killed and his parents were injured when an adjacent wall collapsed on their house at Wadol village in Ambernath taluka of Thane at wee hours today, the district civic body's regional disaster management cell chief Santosh Kadam informed.
In another incident, two people were killed when a tree fell on them near Metro Cinema in south Mumbai on Sunday.
A 65-feet compound wall of a housing complex in Thane city collapsed this morning, crushing two cars and another vehicle, he said.

A huge section of the compound wall of Lloyds estate in south Mumbai's Wadala area collapsed today morning. Residents were evacuated and no casualties reported.
Mumbai received 231.4 mm rain since Sunday, an official of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. So much rainfall is categorised as extremely heavy showers, IMD's Mumbai Director Ajay Kumar said.
"This is the first extremely heavy rainfall recorded in Mumbai in the current season. The rain's intensity has gone up since yesterday afternoon and is expected to continue," he said.

Meanwhile, water logging incidents were reported in parts of the city and suburbs on Monday.

Heavy downpour has also thrown life out of gear with locals on three routes-- Central, Western and
Harbour-- running 15-20 minutes late.
The Indian Meteorological Department has said that heavy to very heavy rains were expected to continue.


Western Railways, however, said suburban trains were running with no disruption, adding that a slight delay occurred due to low visibility.
The traffic slowed down at JVLR bridge, Vikhroli, Khar, Malad subway and Andheri subway due to water logging.
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