People wade by a waist-deep flooded street following heavy rainfall, at Kurla West in Mumbai on August 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI
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Rains battered Mumbai, its suburbs and the townships in its metropolitan area on Tuesday (August 19, 2025), flooding streets that resembled rivers at a number of locations, as soon as once more highlighting the monetary capital’s annual problem in coping with the monsoon rains.
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As many as 782 passengers had been rescued on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) night after two overcrowded Monorail trains on elevated tracks acquired caught between stations in Mumbai on a day of torrential rains, resulting in panic and frantic rescue efforts.
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- August 20, 2025 07:43
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- August 20, 2025 07:31
Mumbai Monorail companies resume
Mumbai Monorail companies resumed hours after trains had been stranded between two stations on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) night. Nearly 800 passengers had been rescued from two caught Monorail trains.– PTI
- August 20, 2025 07:28
IMD points orange alert for Mumbai
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert of heavy rains for Mumbai for August 20 and predicted that the depth of rainfall within the metropolis will go down from Thursday (August 21, 2025).The IMD issued a purple alert for Raigad and the ghat sections of Pune district for Wednesday (August 20, 2025).
According to the IMD, Thane, Palghar, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts may also stay beneath an orange alert for Wednesday (August 20, 2025).
– PTI
Published – August 20, 2025
