Mumbai flyovers and metro lines have drainage systems built for rain, but extreme downpours still cause flooding. Is poor maintenance or climate change? 

Are Mumbai’s flyovers and metros built to withstand extreme rains?

The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for Mumbai due to heavy rains on Wednesday, August 20, 2025, with predictions suggesting the rainfall intensity will decrease starting Thursday, August 21, 2025.


Mumbai Floods: Incessant Rains Batter India's Mumbai; Maharashtra and Gujarat Put on Alert | Dispatch

Mumbai faces floods as its drainage system lags behind heavy rains, sea rise, encroachments, and poor planning. Despite big projects like BRIMSTOWAD, drainage fails due to outdated networks and lack of coordination, etc. Know more below.

Why does Mumbai flood every year despite crores spent on drainage projects?

Torrential rains in parts of India's western Maharashtra state brought widespread destruction and triggered waterlogging and floods on Tuesday (August 19), killing at least four, official said.

While India's financial capital witnessed heavy waterlogging, swollen Godavari river brought a deluge, which destroyed houses and pushed people on the roads in Nanded district.

India's weather office has issued alerts of flooding and heavy rains in the 24 hours for several coastal districts in the western state.

Mumbai Floods: IMD Issues Red Alert for Mumbai, More Rains Expected | GRAVITAS

Shocking visuals emerge as relentless rainfall pounds Mumbai, leaving major roads waterlogged and commuters stranded. In dramatic scenes, people are seen swimming through flooded streets as traffic collapses and local trains face major delays.


Mumbai Floods: Mithi River Nears Danger Mark; Non-Stop Rains Bring Mumbai to a Pause

WATCH: Mumbai Floods: Heavy Rainfall Causes Waterlogging in Mumbai | Mumbai Rains

After the pandemic shut offices and put Mumbai's renowned lunchbox deliverymen out of work, the 130-year-old "dabbawala" network has tied up with a trendy restaurant chain to take on India's billion-dollar start-ups.

India's pandemic-hit lunchbox men battle food delivery start-ups

IMD issues red alert For Mumbai, Thane and North Konkan due to heavy rains

Flood fury in Kerala kills 88 people, 40 missing

43 dead, 3 missing as flood continues to batter Maharashtra

PM Modi assures assistance to flood-hit Maharashtra

The family was stuck in the Mumbai floods and were turned away by three hotels in Dadar before being directed to the gurudwara

French tourist family says 'thank you' to Mumbai gurudwara for sheltering them

The Bombay Hospital gastroenterologist had fallen into an open manhole

Body of missing Mumbai doctor found in drain

Amid the heavy downpour in Mumbai, which has disrupted the life of the financial capital, Ola and Uber have announced free rides and other concessions to the riders

Ola, Uber offer free services to Mumbaikars, type promo code 'MUMBAIRAINS' on your phone

Three hours of the downpour equivalent to an entire day's rain, submerged most of India's financial capital by noon

Maximum City: Mumbai submerged as it battles worst rain crisis since 2005

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