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Maha monsoon fury: 113 dead, 100 missing; CM visits rain-battered Chiplun

A bridge on the Vashisthi river in Chiplun had earlier got damaged following heavy downpour.

Maharashtra floods: 34 NDRF teams engaged in rescue ops; BMC sends teams

As heavy rains lashed many parts of Maharashtra, IMD issued a red alert for five districts, two teams of BMC have left for Raigad and Kolhapur.

Maharashtra: Death toll in Satara landslides and rains rises to 22

As many as 379 villages in this district in western Maharashtra were affected due to heavy rains and over 5,000 people were shifted to safer places

Maharashtra floods: 34 NDRF teams engaged in rescue operations

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has enhanced the number of its teams from 26 to 34 for undertaking rescue operations in the coastal areas of Maharashtra

Maharashtra: Toll in rain-related incidents in flood-hit Raigad reaches 47

The fatality count in rain-related incidents in Raigad district of Maharashtra reached 47 on Saturday, including 37 in the landslide at Taliye village, the state disaster management department said.

Maharashtra: Floods leave trail of destruction in Konkan towns

When heavy rains started pounding Ratnagiri district, little did Pragati Rane think that things could escalate to the level that she, her family would have to scale the sloped roofs of their houses

At least 20 feared trapped in 2 landslides in rain-hit Maharashtra's Satara

At least 20 people are feared trapped in landslides in two locations in the Patan tehsil of Western Maharashtra's Satara district which has been battered by rain, police said on Friday.

Maharashtra rain fury: Around 36 die after landslide in Raigad district

Thirty people have died in a landslide near a village in coastal Raigad district of Maharashtra, police said on Friday. The toll in the incident near Talai village in Mahad tehsil is likely to rise, police said, as many areas of Maharashtra continued to face rain fury since the past few days. "Thirty bodies have been recovered from the landslide spot. Locals say more people are feared trapped," and official said. A team of NDRF has reached Mahad, around 160 km from Mumbai, and another will reach there soon, the official said. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is reviewing the situation, he added.

Shah speaks to Maharashtra CM; says extending all help to deal with rains

Union Home Minister Amit Shah spoke to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday and took stock of the situation arising due to heavy rains and landslides

Maha: Landslide in Raigad district, village cut off due to floods

While local police have rescued two persons so far, reaching the village from outside is very difficult due to the floods, said district collector Nidhi Chaudhary

Maharashtra: Mahabaleshwar records 380 mm rainfall in 12 hours

The rainfall was recorded between 8 am and 8 pm

Maharashtra rains: Train services hit, nearly 6,000 passengers stranded

So far, nine trains have been regulated due to disruption of services on the Konkan Railway (KR) route, meaning they have been either rerouted, short-terminated or cancelled, officials said

Maharashtra reports 8,159 new Covid-19 cases, 165 deaths, 7,839 recoveries

The state has 94,745 Covid-19 patients under treatment

Maharashtra reconciles Covid data, India records 3,998 fresh fatalities

India recorded a single day rise of 3,998 coronavirus fatalities with Maharashtra carrying out its 14th Covid data reconciliation exercise, pushing the country's death toll to 418,480

At 351, Mumbai reports lowest Covid cases in nearly 6 months; 10 die

Mumbai on Tuesday reported 351 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest daily count after January 25, while 10 patients succumbed to the infection, the city civic body said. The city had reported 348 COVID-19 cases on January 25. With 351 cases, the cumulative caseload increased to 7,31,914, while 10 fresh deaths pushed the fatality count to 15,726, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a statement. The city also saw the discharge of 525 patients during the day, taking the recovery tally to 7,07,654, it said. There are now 6,161 active cases in Mumbai. As many as 22,015 coronavirus tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, taking their cumulative figure to 78,11,748, the statement stated. While the COVID-19 recovery rate of Mumbai stood at 97 per cent, the overall growth rate of cases for the period July 13 to 19 was 0.06 per cent. The case doubling rate is now 1,063 days, the civic body said. Currently, there are seven active containment zones and 58 sealed buildings

Red alert for 5 Maharashtra districts, orange warning for Mumbai: IMD

The IMD on Tuesday issued a red alert for five Maharashtra districts, including Raigad and Pune, forecasting extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places, for the next two days.

Maharashtra rains: IMD issues red alert for Mumbai, Konkan region

On Monday, the Raigad disaster management department said three people were feared drowned at separate places in the district.

Maharashtra sees 6,017 new Covid cases, lowest daily count since Feb 22

Maharashtra's coronavirus caseload climbed to 62,20,207 on Monday after 6,017 people tested positive for the infection, the lowest since February 22, while the death toll jumped to 1,27,097

SC rejects plea for annual pilgrimage to Lord Vitthal temple in Maharashtra

The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain a plea challenging denial of permission by the Maharashtra government on the ground of COVID-19 situation

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