Heavy rainfall and strong winds lashed India’s financial capital Mumbai on Monday, killing at least eight people, uprooting trees and causing power outages in many parts of the city, officials said.
The cause of death is large billboard Local officials said the vehicle collapsed on top of a group of people seeking asylum.
Rescue workers from India’s National Disaster Relief Force and local police were still helping dozens of people trapped in rubble on the eastern outskirts of Ghatkopar late Monday. Videos on social media showed billboards swaying and then toppling during the storm.
One witness, Swapnil Khupte explain When the rain and wind started to get heavier, he and his friends took shelter at a gas station near a billboard. He said many of the people trapped below when it collapsed were women and children.
“All the cars, bikes and people were stuck there,” he told a local news agency. “We help people get out and try to escape.”
Mumbai is located on a peninsula surrounded by sea and has a population of over 18 million. Like many other Indian cities, the city is prone to severe flooding and rainfall incidents during the monsoon season from June to September.
India has experienced a series of extreme weather events in recent years, including record heat waves and severe flooding. The arrival of this year’s monsoon has also caused damage and death in many other parts of the country.
A total of 64 people were injured and taken to hospital when the billboard collapsed on Monday, explain Bhushan Gagrani, an official with the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, which governs Mumbai. One was listed in critical condition.
after rainfall sandstorm Some residents likened it to a scene from a Hollywood movie. Mumbai airport authorities said they had diverted more than a dozen inbound flights and suspended operations for more than an hour.
Although Monday’s rains provided some relief from the hot weather, many areas of the city were flooded and traffic was chronically choked.
