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32 Dead as Worst Flooding in a Decade Hits Booming Mumbai
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/02/world/asia/32-dead-as-worst-flooding-in-a-decade-hits-booming-mumbai.htmlAwful
The heaviest monsoon rains in a decade have struck Mumbai and nearby areas, killing 32 since Monday and disrupting life in the financial capital of India.
After nearly 16 inches of rain fell last night in some areas, several parts of the city became inundated in waist deep water. Local train and bus services have been disrupted. Schools and colleges were closed, and nearly 50 flights were canceled from Mumbai airport, where a SpiceJet plane overshot the runway.
The rains led to the collapse of three walls, which caused most of the deaths. A municipal wall in a Mumbai slum killed 21 when it fell. Six died after another wall collapsed in Pune, and three died after one fell in Thane, a suburb of Mumbai.
It was the second heaviest rainfall in Mumbai in the last 45 years, Maharashtra’s chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, said in a tweet. In just three days, the city and its more than 20 million residents have endured more rain than they typically do during the entire month of June, he wrote.
After nearly 16 inches of rain fell last night in some areas, several parts of the city became inundated in waist deep water. Local train and bus services have been disrupted. Schools and colleges were closed, and nearly 50 flights were canceled from Mumbai airport, where a SpiceJet plane overshot the runway.
The rains led to the collapse of three walls, which caused most of the deaths. A municipal wall in a Mumbai slum killed 21 when it fell. Six died after another wall collapsed in Pune, and three died after one fell in Thane, a suburb of Mumbai.
It was the second heaviest rainfall in Mumbai in the last 45 years, Maharashtra’s chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis, said in a tweet. In just three days, the city and its more than 20 million residents have endured more rain than they typically do during the entire month of June, he wrote.
The flooding has gotten worse every year for the past ten years.
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