India - Building Collapsed In Capital Of Mumbai.
Rescuers were searching for up to 40 people feared trapped when a building collapsed in India's financial capital of Mumbai on Thursday, officials said.
The four-storey residential building gave way around 08:40am (03:10 GMT) in the densely populated area of Bhendi Bazaar after Heavy rains in the city that have killed more than 10 people.
"Forty people are believed to be stuck inside and a 43-member team is conducting rescue operations," an official for the NDRF told the AFP news agency.
Eight or nine families were believed to have been living in the building, the official said.
"Mumbai is home to a lot of old buildings. Many were wary that there would be some kind of an issue like this, given the rains."
Building collapses are common in India, especially during the monsoon season from late June to September, when heavy rains lash the teeming metropolis.
Severe downpours began on Tuesday and caused flooding across Mumbai and the neighbouring region of Thane.
The city is particularly vulnerable to deadly collapse with millions forced to live in cramped, ramshackle properties because of rising real estate prices and a lack of housing for the poor.
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