Six persons were killed when a residential building collapsed in Mumbai’s Mankhurd area on Sunday amid heavy rainfall, The Hindu reported. Two men were killed in other rain-related incidents earlier in the day.

Several persons had been trapped under the debris of the building in Mankhurd and were being rescued, The Indian Express reported.

The collapse occurred at 8.30 pm. While one person died on the spot, five succumbed to their injuries after being taken to a hospital, the newspaper reported.

Five of the six persons killed were minors.

One person was injured but stable, The Hindu reported. The exact cause of the collapse was unclear.

This came hours after a 63-year-old man died in the city’s Kurla area when a tree collapsed on a shop amid heavy rainfall.

An 18-year-old man died after a tree branch fell on him, The New Indian Express reported. He was taken hospital, where he was declared dead.

Heavy rainfall since Friday has disrupted normal life in the city, with several areas reporting waterlogging and traffic.

Red alert, train services disrupted

On Monday, a red alert was in place in Mumbai and neighbouring Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts. Intense spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 50 km per hour to 60 km per hour were very likely in isolated places, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.

Waterlogging was reported in Andheri on Monday morning.

Schools in Mumbai, Pune, Thane and Navi Mumbai will be closed on Monday amid the red alert.

Local trains on the Western Line had been delayed by 15 to 20 minutes because of waterlogging between Vasai Road and Virar stations, the Western Railway said.

The Central Railway said that its suburban services on all four corridors were running normally as of 7 am. There was a six to eight-minute delay on the Main Line and a minor delay on the Harbour Line, it added.

Trains between Mumbai and Pune were suspended on Monday amid the heavy rainfall and landslides in the ghat section, the Central Railways said. Sixteen trains had been cancelled and nine diverted.

On Monday, traffic on both sides of the Mumbai-Pune expressway and the old Mumbai-Pune highway had been stopped because of a landslide and heavy rainfall in the Karjat-Lonavla Bhor Ghat section, said the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation.

“Citizens are requested not to undertake any journey between Pune and Mumbai until further directions are issued,” the authority said.

On Sunday, Mumbai Mayor Ritu Tawde urged residents to remain indoors unless necessary and to take precautions amid strong winds and falling trees.

Edited by Neerad Pandharipande.