Mumbai floods: India city on red alert for further rain

BBC News:-

India’s weather department has issued a red alert for Mumbai as heavy rains continue to lash the city and its neighbouring districts.

The city is expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on Friday, leading to more floods, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

Parts of the city have been inundated in waist-deep water since Monday, bringing life to a standstill.

Monsoon rains are common in Mumbai around this time of the year.

But experts say climate change and unchecked urban development has made rains more intense and less predictable in recent years.

Thousands of people migrate to Mumbai every day in search of jobs which fuels rapid construction, that is very often unregulated.

Many areas have ageing drainage systems and that causes flooding as well. The city’s vast mangrove swamps, which act as a natural buffer during floods, have also been built over in the past few decades.