Rains continued to lash parts of Kolhapur, due to which the Panchganga river in the district is flowing above the danger mark, official said.
Normal life was thrown out of gear in several parts of Telangana as torrential rains battered the state, prompting the state government to initiate relief measures.
Rains wreaked havoc in Maharashtra on Thursday with about 6,000 passengers getting stranded as train services on the Konkan Railway route in Ratnagiri district were suspended after a river overflowed following heavy rains.
Train services of the Central Railway in the Kasara Ghat section of Thane district and near Lonavala hill town in Pune district adjoining Mumbai were also severely affected after heavy rains.
Mumbai : Heavy rain continues in the coastal districts of Maharashtra, Raigad and Konkan - the weather department has given a warning of heavy rain for the next 4 days
Over 2,300 houses and large-scale crops were damaged in heavy rains and subsequent floods in Western Maharashtra districts, where more than 21,000 people were moved to safer places, said officials on Friday.
The order comes two days after five men drowned while trying to take a selfie at Kalmandvi Waterfalls near Jawhar town here in Maharashtra. District Collector Dr Kailas Shinde said criminal charges will be imposed against those violating the order.
The IMD has forecast isolated heavy to very heavy and extremely heavy rain in eastern Rajasthan in the next 48 hours, and in western Madhya Pradesh and north Gujarat in the next 24 hours.
Rescue and relief operations were in full swing as rain water began receding in the affected areas across the southern states. Stay tuned to this space as bring to you live and latest updates and developments on the rain- and flood-ravaged regions of the country.
A major train accident involving Rajdhani Express was averted on Sunday evening between Panvel and Roha on Konkan Railways track in Maharashtra. Train driver applied brakes in time after he noticed boulders on the railway track. A major tragedy was averted due to the alertness of the driver and his assistant. Watch how the nerve-wracking incident unfolded.
Meanwhile, heavy rains continued to lash Palghar district on Sunday.
Mumbai and several other parts of Maharashtra have been receiving heavy rains since Saturday morning resulting throwing normal life out of gear.
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