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<p>Starting August 4, distressing visuals of a flooded city, landslides and walls collapsing began emerging from Mumbai after the city was hit by heavy rainfall and gusty winds of speeds upto 107 kmph. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the city recorded 215.8 mm rain within just 12 hours on August 5. In a press release issued on August 6, the Indian Meteorological Department said that Colaba in South Mumbai had received the highest rainfall of 331.8 mm within a period of 24 hours. This is the second-highest volume Colaba has received in a day after July 5, 1974, when it recorded 575.6mm of rain. Even neighbourhoods that escaped flooding were not spared by the strong winds and witnessed uprooted trees and lamp posts along with considerable property damage.</p><div class="itgimage"><div class="itgimage"><amp-img  src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/indiatoday/images/bodyeditor/202008/Upfront-8-9-Exposure-Aug17-2-x675.jpg?hIG0iizHO4ukIAojOS_SagIFOgzeTAm4?size=750:*?size=750:*" alt = "" height="675" width="1200" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img></div>
<div class="body_caption">1. A railway worker wades through the inundated tracks of Mumbai’s Central line. Train services in the city were suspended temporarily after waterlogging in many lowlying areas flooded train tracks.</div>
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<div class="body_caption">A half-submerged bus stranded on a waterlogged Mumbai road</div>
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<div class="body_caption">3. Scenes such as this, of property damage and blocked-off streets, were only too common</div>
</div><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Iram Ara Ibrahim</div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Aug 8, 2020 15:39 IST</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

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<p>Starting August 4, distressing visuals of a flooded city, landslides and walls collapsing began emerging from Mumbai after the city was hit by heavy rainfall and gusty winds of speeds upto 107 kmph. According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the city recorded 215.8 mm rain within just 12 hours on August 5. In a press release issued on August 6, the Indian Meteorological Department said that Colaba in South Mumbai had received the highest rainfall of 331.8 mm within a period of 24 hours. This is the second-highest volume Colaba has received in a day after July 5, 1974, when it recorded 575.6mm of rain. Even neighbourhoods that escaped flooding were not spared by the strong winds and witnessed uprooted trees and lamp posts along with considerable property damage.</p><div class="itgimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  height="675"  title=""  width="1200"  class="" alt="" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/indiatoday/images/bodyeditor/202008/Upfront-8-9-Exposure-Aug17-2-x675.jpg?hIG0iizHO4ukIAojOS_SagIFOgzeTAm4?size=750:*" loading="lazy" /></div>
<div class="body_caption">1. A railway worker wades through the inundated tracks of Mumbai’s Central line. Train services in the city were suspended temporarily after waterlogging in many lowlying areas flooded train tracks.</div>
</div><div class="itgimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  height="675"  title=""  width="1200"  class="" alt="" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/indiatoday/images/bodyeditor/202008/Upfront-8-9-Exposure-Aug17-1-x675.jpg?Gvkp2RN2te0sP_QSKzGYbeeGhNrKKRay?size=750:*" loading="lazy" /></div>
<div class="body_caption">A half-submerged bus stranded on a waterlogged Mumbai road</div>
</div><div class="itgimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  height="675"  title=""  width="1200"  class="" alt="" src="https://akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/indiatoday/images/bodyeditor/202008/Upfront-8-9-Exposure-Aug17-3-x675.jpg?ISnzMZmDdpKByIg7Gk4syKvdn1XXttO.?size=750:*" loading="lazy" /></div>
<div class="body_caption">3. Scenes such as this, of property damage and blocked-off streets, were only too common</div>
</div><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Iram Ara Ibrahim</div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Aug 8, 2020 15:39 IST</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div>

In a press release issued on August 6, the Indian Meteorological Department said that Colaba in South Mumbai had received the highest rainfall of 331.8 mm within a period of 24 hours.

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Today's Pisces Tarot Card Reading Prediction May 12, 2026: Maintain harmonious relationships with everyone. Do not get involved in unnecessary talks and rumours. You will fulfil your responsibilities. You will do more than your capacity for your loved ones. Keep distance from new people. Spend time with close ones. Avoid taking initiative in relationships.

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TVK leader C Joseph Vijay on Sunday took oath as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu amid a sea of supporters, his friends and family, and several political leaders. Eight other TVK leaders were sworn in besides him, as ministers in the new government. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi also attended the ceremony. The TVK managed to secure the Governor's nod to form the government after the Congress, the CPI, the CPI(M), the VCK, and IUML extended their support to the Vijay-led party for a colaition government.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hugged and honoured 98-year-old Makhanlal Sarkar, one of the earliest and senior most members of the BJP. The scene unfolded on the stage ahead of Suvendu Adhikari's swearing-in as West Bengal's Chief Minister in Kolkata. PM Modi also touched Sarkar's feet and presented a shawl to him as a mark of respect. In 1952, Sarkar was arrested in Kashmir while he was accompanying Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee as the latter was marching to hoist the tricolour there. BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya described the elderly party leader as "one of the earliest grassroots figures associated with the nationalist movement in post-Independence India."

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Yogi Adityanath on Saturday presented a saffron gamcha to Suvendu Adhikari, shortly after the latter took oath as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal. The crowd also erupted into a loud cheer as the scene unfolded at the swearing-in ceremony in Kolkata. This was at least the second such instance in recent weeks when the duo's bonhomie was witnessed publicly. Earlier, during the election campaign in the state, a powerful scene was witnessed when Adhikari bowed down at the feet of the UP Chief Minister as a mark of respect.

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In a press release issued on August 6, the Indian Meteorological Department said that Colaba in South Mumbai had received the highest rainfall of 331.8 mm within a period of 24 hours.

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