Rain News LIVE: Mumbai's Andheri Subway Shut, Traffic Diverted to Vile Parle

According to the weather office, several parts of Punjab and Haryana received fresh spells of downpours on Friday. According to a PTI report, Haryana’s Karnal received 28.2 mm rainfall, Rohtak (11 mm), Gurugram (4 mm), Fatehabad (0.5 mm) and Ambala (0.1 mm) in the last 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on June 30.

On the other hand, in Punjab, Patiala received maximum rainfall recorded at 31 mm, followed by Ludhiana (9.4 mm), Fatehgarh Sahib (7 mm) and Mohali (2 mm), the weather office added.

Chandigarh received 11.4 mm of rainfall.

Quoting officials, a PTI report said incessant rain and waterlogging on Friday triggered a flood-like situation in several low-lying areas of Bihar.

Many places in Araria, Purnea, Madhepura, Saharsa, Jamui, Katihar and Banka districts witnessed water logging following heavy rainfall, officials added.

Parts of Patna witnessed waterlogging following heavy rainfall. According to IMD, Bihar has received ‘heavy to very rainfall’ between 8:00 on June 29 to 8:30 on June 30.

According to a PTI report, road traffic was disrupted and and local train services slowed down to some extent in some parts of Mumbai on Friday as moderate to heavy rains continued to lash the the city and its suburbs.

Sadar Hospital in Bihar’s Samastipur district witnessed waterlogging due to heavy downpours.

According to Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), 37 villages under three revenue circles – Chenga, Sarthebari and Barpeta have been severely affected by floods in the state.

Waterlogging was witnessed at Patna’s Boring Road due to heavy rainfall in the city. According to IMD, Bihar has received ‘heavy to very rainfall’ between 8:00 on June 29 to 8:30 on June 30.

As heavy rain continued to lash Mumbai, Andheri Subway was waterlogged once again. This is the third time in a week that the Andheri Subway was shut down because of waterlogging.

According to IMD, Bihar has received ‘heavy to very rainfall’ between 8:00 on June 29 to 8:30 on June 30. The rainfall was recorded at 140mm in the last 24 hours.

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), light to moderate spells of rainfall and thunderstorms are likely over Saurashtra and Kutch, south Gujarat Region and North Konkan, Northwest Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and adjoining areas of East Madhya Pradesh.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will go ahead with a 10% water cut for Mumbaikars beginning from July 1 despite the fast-filling of lakes amidst heavy rainfall. All seven lakes of Mumbai received more than 100 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours ending at 6 am on Thursday, for the first time since the monsoon hit. READ MORE

According to the latest forecast by IMD Mumbai, moderate to intense spells of rain is very likely to occur at isolated places in Mumbai, Thane and Palghar during next 3-4 hours.

So far no changes have been made in the schedule of local trains running on Main, Harbour, Transharbour and 4th corridor Lines amidst the heavy rainfall.

According to a PTI report, a 22-year-old man was killed and another injured on Thursday after a tree fell on their hut in Mumbai amid heavy rainfall. On the other hand, two persons were swept away in swollen water bodies in Thane and Palghar districts, officials said.

Amid the inclement weather conditions, the price of tomatoes is likely to rise further. A vegetable seller in Delhi’s Ghazipur mandi said, “Due to the rains in India, the crops have been damaged. The fields have been flooded. This has caused a lot of loss to the farmers. Tomatoes are being sold to the shopkeepers at Rs 70-80 per kg. The price of tomato may increase further in the coming days.”

The IMD has issued a Yellow alert warning of heavy rain in Nainital, Tehri, Dehradun, Pauri, Chamoli, Bageshwar, Pithoragarh. It has been raining in the state since six days.

Waterlogging occurred Gujarat’s Junagadh due to overflowing of a dam after heavy rainfall.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls is expected over Madhya Pradesh and isolated heavy for subsequent two days.

Rain lashed several parts of the national capital on Friday morning.

Around 43,000 people have been affected due to flood in Assam’s Barpeta district. Farmers also faced massive losses due to the inundation of cropland and fisheries.