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Every year, hundreds of people lose their lives across India during monsoon rains. In 2025 alone, more than 3,000 people died due to extreme weather events during the monsoon season, according to a report by the Centre for Science and Environment.

THANE: The 35-year-old son of a former deputy mayor died after a coconut tree fell on him while he was riding a motorcycle amid heavy rain and strong winds in Mira-Bhayandar city of Maharashtra's Thane district, officials said on Friday.

MUMBAI: Just two days after a tree collapse killed an 11-year-old schoolboy in Chembur, a 55-year-old man, Aslam Isak Shaikh, died after falling into an open manhole at Sakinaka amid the wet spell, prompting BMC commissioner Ashwini Bhide to order suspension of four civic officials -- an assistant commissioner and three engineers.

With the monsoon rains damaging a temporary bridge over the Jahalma Nullah in Lahaul-Spiti district, a patient, who was being transported from a hospital in Udaipur to the Kullu regional hospital, had to be taken in a JCB to cross the stream on Wednesday evening.

DEHRADUN/SHAMLI: A newly built Rs 12,000-cr expressway. One spell of rain.

According to local residents, the deceased, a Class 11 student, was an "intelligent and well-behaved" girl. They alleged that an exposed and improperly installed wire belonging to a power supply company led to the incident, causing electricity to spread into rainwater.

The relentless deluge has caused widespread waterlogging, crippled major traffic corridors, and resulted in two tragic fatalities linked directly to civic infrastructure failures.

Delhi's monsoon arrives five days late, bringing relief with light rain and cooler temperatures, as forecast predicts more rain ahead.

Nagpur: Less than 70mm of rain on Wednesday night was enough to paralyse large parts of the city, submerge roads, flood homes, strand motorists, and claim a life. Citizens are dreading a scenario when the city is hit by a 100mm-plus deluge like the September 2023 floods.

Nagpur: A car plunging into a dug-up stretch on Rameshwari Road became a stark symbol of Nagpur's infrastructure chaos after Wednesday night's 70mm rainfall. The season's first major shower exposed poor monsoon preparedness at infrastructure sites across the city, leaving motorists driving past waterlogged roads, muddy diversions and unsafe excavations.