Some suburbs have seen more than 300 mm of rain in the 24 hours to Tuesday morning and more heavy rain is expected over the next two days, said India Meteorological Department (IMD) official KS Hosalikar. The department issued a red alert for the city for the next two days and civic authorities advised people not to venture out unless absolutely necessary. A landslide swept down a slope onto a main road in a northern suburb, media reported. The city struggles with the monsoon rains every year as widespread construction and rubbish-clogged drains and waterways make it increasingly vulnerable to flooding. Mumbai is also struggling with a surging coronavirus outbreak with an average of 1,000 new cases being reported every day.

Source: bd News24 August 04, 2020 08:03 UTC