MUMBAI: Twelve people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in India's financial capital Mumbai, officials said on Monday (May 13).
An aerial view shows a fallen billboard on a fuel station following a wind and dust storm in Mumbai , India, May 13, 2024 MUMBAI: Twelve people were killed and at least 60 injured after a billboard collapsed during a fierce storm in India's financial capital Mumbai , officials said on Monday .
Eight bodies had already been removed from the wreckage, Gaurav Chauhan, an inspector with the National Disaster Response Force , said."We have located them but we cannot remove them due to this petrol pump and the situation can be hazardous," he said. The site where an advertisement billboard collapsed at a petrol station following a dust storm in Mumbai on May 13, 2024.
Mumbai was hit by strong winds accompanied by rain and dust storms on Thursday that uprooted trees and caused brief power outages in parts of the city, along with disruptions to the city's train network.
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