Mumbai is sinking! Severe flooding hits India! Evacuation people! Natural disasters 2021

Landslides and floods in Mumbai, India Natural disaster on July 19, 2021 Mumbai, with a population of over 12 million, has regular heavy rains during the rainy season. This often leads to collapsing buildings, especially in poor areas with poorly built houses. In addition, the nature of precipitation over India has changed recently. Prolonged dry periods are interspersed with short periods of heavy rainfall during the rainy season. In fact, heavy rainfall has tripled over the past seventy years. The annual flooding in Mumbai may be the result of an observed change in rainfall patterns, leaving hundreds of thousands of people vulnerable to risks. Heavy rain on Sunday night caused havoc in India’s financial capital Mumbai. The downpour lasted more than a day, many areas were flooded, more than 250 mm of precipitation fell. This led to landslides that led to the tragedy. The channel lists such natural disasters as: 1) Geological emergencies: Earthquake, volcanic eruption, mudflow, landslide, landfall, avalanche
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