<p>Mumbai: A woman drowned in an open drain when heavy rains pounded Mumbai and its suburban areas on Wednesday night. </p><p>The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has ordered a probe into the incident on Thursday. </p><p>The drowning incident was reported near the MIDC-SEEPZ area of Andheri East in Mumbai. </p><p>The deceased was identified as Vimal Anil Gaikwad (45).</p>.Schools, colleges to be closed in Mumbai on Thursday amid rain red alert.<p>The sudden rainfall, more than 250 mm in some places in a matter of a few hours, caught Mumbaikars unaware. </p><p>Waterlogging was reported from several places like Hindmata, Dadar, Kurla, Chembur, Andheri.</p><p>On Thursday morning, the water levels receded.</p><p>However, in Mumbai schools and colleges were given holidays as a precautionary measure. </p><p>The India Meteorological Department upgraded its orange alert for Mumbai and its neighbouring districts to a red alert for Thursday morning. </p><p>BMC’s Municipal Commissioner and Administrator Bhushan Gagrani sought a report within three days time. </p><p>Meanwhile, three persons died in Thane district because of lightning strike.</p><p>The lightning strikes were reported from Shirgaon in Murbad, where a person died after lightening his house while a man and woman died in a quarry when lightning struck them in Kamba in Kalyan.</p>
<p>Mumbai: A woman drowned in an open drain when heavy rains pounded Mumbai and its suburban areas on Wednesday night. </p><p>The BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has ordered a probe into the incident on Thursday. </p><p>The drowning incident was reported near the MIDC-SEEPZ area of Andheri East in Mumbai. </p><p>The deceased was identified as Vimal Anil Gaikwad (45).</p>.Schools, colleges to be closed in Mumbai on Thursday amid rain red alert.<p>The sudden rainfall, more than 250 mm in some places in a matter of a few hours, caught Mumbaikars unaware. </p><p>Waterlogging was reported from several places like Hindmata, Dadar, Kurla, Chembur, Andheri.</p><p>On Thursday morning, the water levels receded.</p><p>However, in Mumbai schools and colleges were given holidays as a precautionary measure. </p><p>The India Meteorological Department upgraded its orange alert for Mumbai and its neighbouring districts to a red alert for Thursday morning. </p><p>BMC’s Municipal Commissioner and Administrator Bhushan Gagrani sought a report within three days time. </p><p>Meanwhile, three persons died in Thane district because of lightning strike.</p><p>The lightning strikes were reported from Shirgaon in Murbad, where a person died after lightening his house while a man and woman died in a quarry when lightning struck them in Kamba in Kalyan.</p>