Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates: Schools Reopen, Trains Back, But Grief Lingers in the Air
Mumbai, Aug. 21, 2025 — The city woke up differently today. Not to the sound of water hammering rooftops, not to WhatsApp groups buzzing with flood alerts, but to something quieter, calmer. Relief, in a way. After two days of chaos, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) finally whispered what every Mumbaikar wanted to hear — the rains will ease at least for now.
Local trains, the veins of this restless city, creaked back to life. Coaches were still damp, tracks still glistening, but the crowd—ah, the crowd—poured in anyway. BEST buses were rolling again, autos honking, taxis splashing through puddles that still refused to drain. And in countless homes, children zipped up bags as schools and colleges reopened. Parents exhaled. For a brief moment, it felt normal. Almost.
But normal is never complete here. Not after the past 48 hours.
Jalgaon’s Silent Morning
Far away from Marine Drive’s sea breeze, in Jalgaon’s Varkhedi village, Wednesday morning was merciless. A villager stumbled across the sight—five bodies lying still, a two-year-old girl crying by their side. An entire family wiped out overnight.
Vikas Pawara, 30. His wife Suman. Their little boys, Pawan and Kaval. And Lilabai, the grandmother who had probably seen too many monsoons to count. All of them gone because of a live electric fence meant to keep wild animals off the farmland.
The police said it was late Tuesday night when it happened. But honestly, time doesn’t matter when tragedy hits like this. The toddler, Durga, lived. If you can call that survival.
Bhandup’s Wire of Death
Back in Mumbai, another death. A 17-year-old boy in Bhandup stepped on a fallen live wire and never made it home. People in the neighbourhood muttered what everyone here already knows — monsoons don’t just flood our streets, they expose every crack in our city’s skin. Waterlogged lanes, dangling cables, potholes that swallow bikes whole. Every year we pay the same price, in blood and breath.
Thane and Palghar: Still Drowning
The rains spared Mumbai a little, but they lashed hard at Thane and Palghar. In Thane, landslides choked hillsides, homes filled with mud, and a man slipped into a water-filled quarry and never resurfaced. In Kalyan, an entire bridge was shut because the water simply claimed it.
Palghar didn’t fare better. Low-lying areas flooded overnight. Families were carried out, some clutching bags, others holding on to goats and chickens, because in villages you don’t just save people, you save livelihoods too.
Mumbai got its own Spiderman — fighting floods, not villains 💦
— Mid Day (@mid_day) August 20, 2025
With a mop in hand, a masked man was spotted clearing waterlogged streets in #Mumbai during the downpour
VC: @shaddyman98/Instagram #MumbaiRains #Spiderman #Viral #Monsoon2025 pic.twitter.com/CLW40oFrXX
IMD’s Small Mercy
The IMD’s Mumbai rains LIVE updates gave hope on Thursday morning. Showers, yes. Torrents, no. Still, officials warned the city isn’t out of danger. Localised flooding can return, and everyone knows this city forgets too quickly.
Marine Drive’s Restless Calm
And then there’s Marine Drive. Always Marine Drive. Last evening, hundreds stood at the promenade, watching the Arabian Sea pound the stones. Dark clouds hovered like a ceiling ready to collapse. Some clicked selfies, others just stared at the horizon as if asking it to behave.
It’s strange—this mixture of resilience and exhaustion. A city that gets knocked down by floods, electrocutions, landslides, and yet shows up to work the next morning as if nothing happened.
A commuter at Dadar station said it best, half-soaked and half-smiling: “Mumbai is moving again. But tell me, when has it ever stopped?”
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