Weather today LIVE updates: 5 killed in landslide in Mumbai, 200+ roads blocked in Himachal, rain likely in Delhi today
Weather today LIVE updates: Delhi has received regular rainfall over the past few days, triggering traffic snarls across the city and the national capital region (NCR). The Kanwar Yatra chaos has also added to the woes posed by rain.
Monsoon fury across India has caused widespread devastation, with landslides, floods, and traffic disruptions affecting many regions. In Mumbai, a landslide in Kurla claimed six lives and injured four others, leaving several people potentially trapped under the debris. Over 204 roads in the hill state of Himachal Pradesh remain blocked due to rain-related damage, with 70 fatalities reported from landslides, falls, snake bites, electrocution, and cloudbursts in the past 43 days.
Delhi is experiencing consistent rainfall, causing traffic snarls, while Delhi's weather office issued a correction to its August rain forecast, reporting 197.2mm of rainfall instead of the initially stated 234.5mm. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued weather alerts for various parts of the country, including an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in Odisha and a yellow alert for several districts in Assam.
Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde has offered financial assistance to the families of the deceased and medical treatment to the injured in the Kurla landslide.
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