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MUMBAI, Jun 24: The city and neighbouring areas bore the brunt of monsoon with heavy rains claiming five lives in last 24-hours and disrupting transport in the city.
Met department officials said heavy to very heavy rains accompanied by gusty winds will continue to lash the metropolis on Sunday.
Warnings have been issued to fishermen not to venture into the sea along the Maharashtra and Goa coast and ports have been told to remain alert and take necessary precautions, they added.
A partially demolished building collapsed in the Grant Road area of south Mumbai last evening claiming two lives and leaving two injured.
There were two incidents recorded on Sunday where walls collapsed due to the rains claiming three lives.
Due to a landslide near the RCF Factory at the north-east suburb of Chembur, a wall adjoining some hutments collapsed this morning causing the death of two persons and injuring three, police said.
In another incident a wall collapsed in the Rafiq Nagar area in the north-western suburb of Kandivali claiming the life of a six-year old girl, they said.
Eleven crew members of a barge carrying sponge iron were reported missing after it sank at the Khanderi island in neighbouring Raigad district, police authorities said.
Flight from the city's airport were delayed due to the rains with most of them operating at a delay of at least half and hour, an airport spokesperson said.
A report from Nasik said rains continued in the revenue division, comprising five districts of Nasik, Jalgaon, Dhule, Nandurbar and Ahmednagar on the fourth consecutive day, disrupting normal life.
Sources in Agriculture Department said the rain is beneficial for sowing operations.
A 30-year-old man was killed at Karanjkhed-Shivar in Nasik district on Saturday after he was struck by lightning, many villages in the district were plunged into darkness after electrical poles fell due to stormy weather.
In Raigad district, a bridge joining Mahad and Pachad Road was washed away due to severe rains, on Saturday.
A State Transport bus going to Gujarkond from Mumbai met with an accident near Ambet in which 16 passengers injured, police said.
Reports of two youth drowning in pond were also received from the district.
Meanwhile, weather bureau sources said highest rainfall of 300 mm was recorded at Mhasala in Raigad district.