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Mumbai: For the residents of Kurla’s Kranti Nagar, Tuesday morning turned into a nightmare as floodwaters surged into their homes, forcing families to abandon everything and escape with just their lives. Triggered by two consecutive days of torrential downpour, with over 200 mm of rainfall, the Mithi River swelled to 3.9 metres — dangerously close […]

Mumbai — The Mithi River, swollen by incessant rain and a high tide, brought Mumbai’s suburban train network to a standstill on Tuesday, disrupting lakhs of commuters across the city. Trains on the Central Railway’s Main and Harbour lines—particularly the Kurla, Sion, Matunga, Chunabhatti and Govandi stretches—were halted for nearly eight hours between 11:30 am