Mumbai rains: Two killed, five injured in tree collapse

Mumbai witnessed heavy rains on Monday with several areas getting flooded and troubled with traffic snarls and train delays during morning rush hours.

According to the India Meteorological Department in Mumbai, heavy rainfall will likely continue in some parts of the city after similar conditions over the weekend.

Due to the heavy rains, a wall collapsed at Lloyd estate in Antop Hill, Wadala. While no suffered any injuries, several cars were damaged. As per an ANI report, two people were killed and five others were injured after a tree collapsed on them at MG road due to heavy rains.

The Mumbai Police in a tweet shared that the traffic was closed at Khar subway, Santacruz division due to waterlogging and was diverted to Link Road. Malad and Andheri subway traffic was diverted to routes at Sion, Powai, Chembur, Milan Subway.

Several areas were inundated with water including Malabar Hill, Dharavi, Dadar TT, Hindmata, King Circle, Kabutarkhana at Dadar, Nagpada, Santacruz (East), Byculla and Marol Maroshi, Andheri subway, among others. Due to the low visibility in some areas due to the rains, the Western Railway also said trains have been delayed.

Tweets:

Side wall collapse at Lloyds Estate, Antop Hill- next to the new Dosti complex construction #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/qvaB0WuBQO

— @jakeism (@jakejoss) June 25, 2018

#MumbaiRains #MumbaiRainsLive waterlogging at Vile Parle pic.twitter.com/zeOjhkd3dJ

— Susan (@susanmuchhala) June 25, 2018

#MumbaiRains 🏖️ feels 😒 pic.twitter.com/hZkroXKQ36

— Farrii✨ (@Shaikh_farri) June 25, 2018

Heavy rain lashes #Mumbai, resulting in water-logging; Visuals from Postal Colony in Chembur East pic.twitter.com/Uej7aSVxnM

— ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2018

Heavy rain lashes #Mumbai; Visuals from Eastern Express highway pic.twitter.com/82iX2L6v7J

— ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2018

Movement of UP trains 12954,12922, 59038,22956, 12009 & 22953 have been started towards Mumbai from the respective stns where they were regulated due to flooding bet Bhilad & Sanjan. @drmbct #WRUpdates pic.twitter.com/2fqkYjKUnu

— Western Railway (@WesternRly) June 25, 2018

Latest radar image shows 32 percent cloud build up right over #Mumbai, expect more showers in the offing! #MumbaiRains #MumbaiMonsoon #MumbaiRainsLive #Mumbai @RidlrMUM pic.twitter.com/GCnkdtvhO5

— SkymetWeather (@SkymetWeather) June 25, 2018

The showers are heavy but so is our ‘bandobast’ on the streets to ‘be there’ for Mumbaikars. We are #AlwaysUpForDuty to help you reach your destination with a little care & caution from you during your journey #RoadSafety #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/KFOgI4BTLv

— Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) June 25, 2018