India weather: Heavy rain in Mumbai causes wall to collapse onto shanties killing 15 people

Rescue workers use dogs to look for survivors at the site of a wall collapse in Mumbai on July 2
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Heavy rainfall in Mumbai caused a wall to collapse onto shanties, killing at least 15 people and injuring 66, police said.

Multiple rescue teams with sniffer dogs were searching the area after the wall collapsed during the night in the western Indian city, said Sunil Deshmukh, a police officer.

He said another wall had collapsed elsewhere in the city and more casualties were feared.

Mr Deshmukh said in addition to those killed by the wall collapse, three people died at other places in Mumbai due to the rains, as forecasters has warned that more is to come.

People stand among the debris after a wall collpased on hutments due to heavy rains in Mumbai.
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The monsoon season in India brings heavy rains from June to September that cause flooding and other damage.

Rescue workers and onlookers look for survivors at the site of a wall collapse during heavy rainfall.
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Building collapses are common as the rains weaken the foundations of poorly built structures.

Monday's rains flooded roads in the heavily populated city and waterlogged train tracks.

More than a dozen people are feared killed.
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Thousands of railway passengers were stranded at stations overnight.

The city has witnessed incessant rainfall over the past few days and rain waters have entered homes, hampering normal life.

A public holiday was declared for Tuesday and people were advised to stay home.

The Maharashtra state government, where Mumbai is located, said only emergency services would be functional in the city due to the incessant rains and the effects on transportation.

It comes after a wall collapsed on a cluster of tin-roofed huts housing migrant workers and their families in Pune following heavy rains, killing at least 16 people on Saturday.

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