5 dead as rain sets ff landslides in Mum
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Twenty five people in rain-related incidents as ssant heavy downpour night during a major thuntorm pummeled Mumbai, ing severe water logging traffic disruptions in the ncial capital on Sunday, ials said. he Western Railway and ral Railway briefly sused suburban train services umbai after the heavy s, and many long distance s were terminated or reguat various stations, offisaid. venteen people died as a pound wall came crashing n on some houses located hillock after a landslide, a official said.
The death toll from flooding in Western Europe climbed above 180 on Sunday after rescue workers dug deeper into debris left by receding waters. Heavy rain fueled new floods in southeastern Germany and Austria.
Although rain has stopped in the worst-affected areas of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands, storms and downpours have persisted in
The retaining wall of the Bharatnagar locality in Mumbai’s Mahul area collapsed at 1 am, the official said. Seven people were injured and taken to nearby Rajawadi hospital, he added.
A civic activist said this is among the 257 hutments that have come up on hillocks in the city. In the last 29 years, 290 people in such localities have other parts of western and central Europe.
Chancellor Angela Merkel was due to visit Schuld, a village near Ahrweiler that was devastated by the flooding, later Sunday.
Climate scientists say the link between extreme weather and global warming is unmistakable and the urgency to do something about climate change undeniable.
been killed in landslides and collapses during monsoon, he added.
Seven hutment dwellers died as six shanties collapsed after a landslide in Mumbai’s Vikhroli suburb at 2.30 am, a civic official said. Two persons were injured and were sent to a nearby hospital, he added.
A 16-year-old boy died after a