More than 1,200 people have died across India, Bangladesh and Nepal as a result of flooding. “The heavy rains, flooding, are delaying our rescue work. #MumbaiFlooded #RainHosts pic.twitter.com/UoF9prAAeNRainwater swamped the King Edward Memorial hospital in central Mumbai, forcing doctors to vacate the paediatric ward. Wassup Mumbai (@Wassup_Mumbai) When Mumbai Rains turned Mulund Station into Niagara Falls #MumbaiFlooded #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/DP9yYESIIhSnehal Tagade, a senior official in Mumbai’s disaster management unit, said 150 teams were being deployed to help the population in low-lying residential areas. Rains and a high tide in the western coastal city threaten to overload an ageing drainage system.

Source: The Guardian August 30, 2017 03:35 UTC