Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again

The city received its highest rainfall in a decade, causing chaos across the board. A look at how citizens have dealt with the monsoon this year
Curated By: Aditi Tailang
Published: Jul 3, 2019
Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again

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  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again
  • Rain, rain, go away: Mumbai deals with flooding again

Potholes appear after a heavy rainfall at Western Express Highway, Vile Parle, on June 29. The overnight downpour slowed down traffic on most arterial roads, including the western express highway, delayed trains, and caused wall collapses, tree falls and a road cave-in. One person died of electrocution in Thane as he touched a cable entangled in a fallen tree. In other rain-related mishaps, at least 10 cars were damaged in wall collapse incidents at Ghatkopar, Andheri and Sion, while a balcony of a dilapidated residential building in Kurla came crashing down.