Mumbai, September 10
Three persons, including a woman and a child, were killed and nine injured in separate incidents as heavy rain lashed the metropolis through the night, forcing evacuation of over 500 families from low-lying areas.

The commercial capital that was devastated by the July 26 deluge received heavy rain that flooded low-lying areas in some of the western and central suburbs. This was due to the revival of the south-west monsoon and high tides in the Arabian Sea.

Thirtytwo-year-old Neel Arjun Tambe was electrocuted at the Mulund link road, while Poonam Gulab Vishwakarna (34) was killed in a landslide at Varsha Nagar in the north-eastern suburb of Vikhroli late last night, fire brigade sources said today.

Four others were injured in the landslide, sources said. In another landslide yesterday, five persons sustained injuries at Hanuman Tekdi in Antop Hill.

Several neighborhoods across the city were flooded as the city received more than 217 mm of rainfall till the early hours today.

Major arterial roads in the city were thrown out of bounds for traffic. Train services were disrupted after railway tracks were flooded.

The authorities have warned people not to leave their homes unless very urgent.

Fire officials said a young girl died and her brothers and sisters suffered severe injuries in a wall collapsed this morning.

Minor landslides were reported at several other places.

Civic teams have begun evacuating people living in low-lying areas. According to Mumbai’s Municipal Commissioner Johny Joseph, 300 families were evacuated from Kurla and another 200 families from Dahisar.