Heavy rains in Maharashtra, flood situation eases in Assam, WB

Heavy rains pounded Maharashtra affecting normal life in Mumbai where train services were disrupted due to waterlogging while the toll in Bihar flood rose to 89 with 25 more deaths reported today even as the flood situation eased in parts of Assam and West Bengal.
Heavy to very heavy rain is forecast at a few places over Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Karnataka.
The national capital witnessed a sultry day with the mercury settling at 36.8 degrees Celsius, three notches above normal for this time of the year.
The minimum temperature was recorded at 26 degrees Celsius and the weatherman has predicted sultry day tomorrow with no possibility of rain.

In Maharashtra, incessant rains since the wee hours threw normal life out of gear in Mumbai and adjoining areas with the Central Railway's suburban services disrupted due to waterlogging of tracks at some places.
Three more bodies were today spotted in Savitri river as heavy rains hampered the search operations launched after two buses and some private vehicles were swept away following collapse of a British-era bridge in Raigad district.

During the last 24 hours, several areas in the state received heavy rains - Mahabaleshwar (159.6 mm), Radhanagari in Kolhapur (128) mm, Poladpur in Raigad (84mm), Matheran (72mm), Ratnagiri (71.8 mm) and Harnai weather station recorded 81.7 mm rainfall.

In Bihar, the flood-related death toll rose to 89 with 25 casualties being reported today as 33 lakh people in 14 districts.
Ganga and Ghaghra rivers are flowing above danger mark in Kahalgaon (Bhagalpur) and in Siwan district respectively. Rohtas district received heavy rainfall even as other regions witnessed light to moderate showers.