Photos: Building collapse kills 11 after monsoon flooding in Mumbai

Rescue workers remove debris to search for survivors after a residential building collapsed on another building in Mumbai. At least 11 people, including seven children, died, and seven were injured after a three-storey building collapsed in Mumbai late Wednesday amid heavy rainfall.

Residents joined the fire and police officers in rescuing people, and they took the seven injured to a hospital in the suburban Kandivali area.

Relatives and friends react to the death of a person after a single-story house collapsed on another structure in the Malwani area on Wednesday night in Mumbai.

Building collapses are common in India during the June-September monsoon season when heavy rains weaken the foundations of structures that are poorly built.

Mumbai recorded 222 millimetres (8 inches) of rain in 12 hours Wednesday. Tidal waves that reached up to 4. 6 meters (13 feet) prevented the rainfall from being drained, and roads, rail tracks and neighbourhoods were left waterlogged.

The incident happened at 11pm on Wednesday and the collapse engulfed a nearby residential structure, according to Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Officials said they had evacuated other dilapidated buildings in the area as heavy rains are likely to continue in the coming days.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray visits Ambedkar Hospital to meet the people who were injured in the building collapse incident at Malad in Mumbai.

A man make his way across flooded railway tracks during heavy rain in Mumbai.

The city has been put on high alert because the rains are also causing flooding in several areas.

People commute through waterlogged areas during heavy rainfall in Mumbai.