Mumbai, July 5: As heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai and its surrounding areas, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy rain alert for Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar.

The weather bureau has also issued an ‘orange’ alert for Mumbai and the west coast of Maharashtra with a warning of heavy rainfall and strong winds for the next five days. Meanwhile, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde has directed officials to keep a vigil and also asked them keep the NDRF squads ready.

Here are the latest updates:

Mumbai's Powai lake on Tuesday started overflowing due to continuous rainfall in the city. Powai Lake, which is an artificial lake of BMC has a storage capacity of 545 crore liters and is mainly used for industrial purposes as it is not fit for human consumption.

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A landslide occurred near Thane's Mumbra bypass road amid heavy rainfall. Fortunately, no injuries were reported.

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Meanwhile, Zig Zag Road in Bandra was closed as heavy rains triggered a landslide around 3 pm. A Honda City parked below was completely smashed.

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Amid the heavy downpour in parts of Maharashtra and Mumbai, CM Eknath Shinde today reached BMC headquarters’ disaster management room in Mumbai and took a stock of the situation in the city.

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Several parts of North-West Mumbai suffered amid the heavy rainfall in the area. Four subways in the northwest part of Mumbai had to be closed for traffic on Tuesday due to heavy rains since the early hours of the day, officials said.

Intense spells of rainfall during next 3-4 hours: IMD, Eknath Shinde offers prayers

As per IMD forecast, Mumbai city and suburbs is very likely to experience intense spells of rainfall during the next 3-4 hours. Meanwhile, Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde on Tuesday offered prayers at the Siddhivinayak Temple in Mumbai's Prabhadevi. Shinde's visit comes a day after the new government in Maharashtra won the trust vote by a 164-99 margin, while 3 members abstained from voting.

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Citizens take to Twitter to report waterlogging

As heavy rains continue to last the city, citizens took to Twitter to share updates about waterlogging in certain areas. As per reports, Bandra, Sion, Andheri subway, Chembur, Santacruz, Khandeshwar railway station, Ghatkopar were all flooded with water as people waded thrpugh the waterlogged streets in these areas.

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Mumbai to receive heavy rainfall on July 5, 7, and 8: IMD

Jayant Sarkar from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said that Maharashtra is expected to receive widespread rainfall in next 5 days. "Ghat areas also expected to get good rains. In Mumbai, 5,7&8 July will see heavy rainfall," he said. The weather bureau has also issued red alert for Ratnagiri and Raigad districts.

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17 families shifted to civic school after security wall collapses in Thane

In a shocking incident, a 16-feet long security wall in Thane's Mumbra area collapsed on July 4 due to incessant rainfall. Seventeen families from the Anil Bhagat Chawl have been temporarily shifted to the Thane Municipal Corporation school.

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Waterlogging reported from several areas

According to reports, severe water logging has been reported between T junction and Kalanagar in Bandra, after heavy rains lashed several parts of the city. Besides, water logging was also reported at Chembur-Govandi signal.

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Mumbai Traffic Update

Amid the heavy rains in the city, the Mumbai Traffic Police said that due to water logging, the Andheri subway is closed for Vehicular movement. Traffic is diverted to SV Road via Gokhale Bridge Junction.

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Landslide takes place in Ghatkopar

The Mumbai Fire Brigade team said that a landslide incident was reported in Ghatkopar, Panchsheel Nagar in amidst the heavy rains. No casualties reported so far.

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Update from BEST Traffic Control

In view of heavy rainfalls in the city, a total of 8 route diversions have been done at Sion Road no. 24 and Shell Colony, Chembur by the BEST.

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NDRF teams deployed in Mumbai

In view of the heavy rainfall warning for Mumbai over the next few days, five NDRF teams have been deployed in Mumbai.

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CM Eknath Shinde tells districts' guardian secretaries to keep a vigil

According to CMO, CM Eknath Shine held a discussion with Chief Secretary Manukumar Srivastava. He has directed all the related districts' guardian secretaries to keep a vigil & control the situation.

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High tide and low tide timings in Mumbai

The BMC took to Twitter to update citizens about high tide and low tide timings. A a high tide of of 4.01 meters will take place at evening around 4.10 pm while the low tide is likely to take place at 10.21 pm with a height of 1.75 meters.

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Mumbai records 95.81 mm of rain in the last 12 hours

Waterlogging was reported from several areas including Sion, Bandra, and Andheri Subway among others as the city recorded 95.81 mm of rain in the last 12 hours.

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Sion worse hit by rains

Mumbai's Sion area has been badly hit by the torrential rains.

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The IMD has also issued heavy rain alert for Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune, Beed, Latur, Jalna, Parbhani and several other areas in the state.

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