Mumbai and adjoining areas receive heavy rains, one feared drowned

After a lull of two weeks heavy rains hit the financial capital of Mumbai and the coastal North Konkan belt since the wee hours of Tuesday officials said here on TuesdayWhile one boy was washed away in a flooded river in Jalgaon there has been no impact on the road rail traffic or air servicesMiddayRains Rain water logging at Western highway at ghodbunder due to high rain in PalgharPic DAVENIMESH pictwittercomD8It8Df241mdash Mid Day mid_day August 31 2021The IMD Regional Meteorological Centre has cautioned fishermen against venturing into the Arabian Sea at least for the next 72 hours till September 3 due to rough sea conditionsMumbai Thane Palghar and around has been witnessing intense spells since early morning today as forecasted by IMD yesterday Mumbai Thane rainfall in last 3 hrs at 11 am Mod to Heavy rainfall at isolated places as indicated belowVitthalwadi 82 Netvli 76 Bhayandar 73 mm pictwittercomwwqCjuMdqhmdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS August 31 2021Besides Mumbai large areas of Palghar Thane and Raigad districts comprising the Mumbai Metropolitan Region also witnessed heavy to very heavy rainfallThere were reports of big and small hillslides or landslides on the Aurangabad and the Ratnagiri highways with traffic diverted to alternative routesWatch for Palghar Dahanu Daman Mumbai Thane NM Roha Raigad Nashik and N Mah Mod to intense clouds are observed in latest Radar Obs from Mumbai at 11 am Watch for IMD Updates for severe weather warnings in these areas pictwittercombl0XJyultymdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS August 31 2021Other districts like Nashik Nanded Jalgaon Aurangabad Beed Akola and Dhule were clobbered with heavy rainsAccording to local media reports several hundred cattle were washed away in the floods in Chalisgaon in JalgaonWATCH Maharashtra Extensive waterlogging in several parts of Chalisgaon area in Jalgaon district due to heavy rainfall Vehicular movement affected due to a landslide in Kannad Ghat pictwittercom2WLTmS5VrNmdash ANI ANI August 31 2021Lowlying areas in Raigad Palghar Thane Nashik and other places were inundated under flood waters with people frantically attempting to save their homes and valuablesThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever