Photos: Building collapse kills 11 after monsoon flooding in Mumbai

Rescue efforts are under way as more people are feared trapped

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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.
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Residents joined the fire and police officers in rescuing people, and they took the seven injured to a hospital in the suburban Kandivali area.
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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.
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Building collapses are common in India during the June-September monsoon season when heavy rains weaken the foundations of structures that are poorly built.
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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.
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The incident happened at 11pm on Wednesday and the collapse engulfed a nearby residential structure, according to Brihan Mumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
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Officials said they had evacuated other dilapidated buildings in the area as heavy rains are likely to continue in the coming days.
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray visits Ambedkar Hospital to meet the people who were injured in the building collapse incident at Malad in Mumbai.
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A man make his way across flooded railway tracks during heavy rain in Mumbai.
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The city has been put on high alert because the rains are also causing flooding in several areas.
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People commute through waterlogged areas during heavy rainfall in Mumbai.
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