AP Top News｜印度季风暴雨引发孟买山体滑坡 致6人遇难

AP Top News｜印度季风暴雨引发孟买山体滑坡 致6人遇难

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1 of 5 | Rescue workers carry the body of a victim to an ambulance after a landslide at a slum in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

MUMBAI, India (AP) Heavy monsoon rains triggered a landslide in a densely populated neighborhood in Indias financial capital, Mumbai, early Wednesday, killing at least six people and injuring four others, authorities said.

The landslide struck before dawn when a section of hillside collapsed onto two or three homes in a tightly packed cluster of houses in Mumbais suburb of Ghatkopar, said Tanaji Kambli, a civic official.

Authorities immediately launched a rescue operation involving firefighters, police, the National Disaster Response Force and civic officials but efforts were hampered by narrow access lanes that prevented the use of heavy machinery, officials said.

Rescue teams pulled at least 10 people from the debris and rushed them to a government hospital. Six people, including two children and two teenagers, were declared dead on arrival, Tanaji said. Four others were hospitalized and were receiving treatment.

Ritu Tawde, the mayor of Mumbai, visited the area and announced monetary compensation for the families of the victims.

Indias weather department has forecast more active monsoon conditions across western India. Authorities have urged residents in flood- and landslide-prone areas to remain alert.

Mumbai, a city of more than 20 million people, receives some of its heaviest rainfall between June and September. Torrential downpours routinely inundate roads and railway lines, disrupt air and rail traffic. They trigger landslides and building collapses, particularly in crowded hillside settlements where houses are often built on unstable slopes.

Experts have long warned that rapid urbanization, construction on fragile hillsides and poor drainage have left Mumbai increasingly vulnerable to deadly monsoon-related disasters, with climate change adding to those risks, bringing heavier and more unpredictable rainfall.

印度孟买（美联社）——当局表示，周三凌晨，印度金融中心孟买一个人口稠密的社区因强季风雨引发山体滑坡，造成至少6人死亡、4人受伤。

市政官员塔纳吉·坎布利表示，山体滑坡发生在黎明前，孟买郊区加特科帕尔一处密集住宅区旁的山坡发生坍塌，导致两三栋房屋被掩埋。

官员表示，当局立即启动了包括消防员、警察、国家灾害应急部队和市政官员在内的救援行动，但由于通道狭窄无法使用重型机械，救援工作受到阻碍。

救援队从废墟中救出至少10人，并迅速将他们送往政府医院。塔纳吉称，其中6人（包括两名儿童和两名青少年）在送抵时已宣告死亡，另有4人住院接受治疗。

孟买市长里图·陶德（Ritu Tawde）视察了该地区，并宣布向遇难者家属提供经济补偿。

印度气象部门预测，该国西部地区将迎来更活跃的季风天气。当局已敦促洪水和山体滑坡易发地区的居民保持警惕。

孟买这座拥有2000多万人口的城市，在6月至9月期间会迎来全年最强的降雨。暴雨常常导致道路和铁路被淹，航空和铁路交通中断。它们还会引发山体滑坡和建筑物倒塌，尤其是在拥挤的山坡居民区，那里的房屋通常建在不稳定的斜坡上。

专家们长期警告称，快速的城市化进程、在脆弱山坡上的建设以及排水系统的不完善，已使孟买越来越容易遭受与季风相关的致命灾害。而气候变化更是加剧了这些风险，导致降雨量更大且更加难以预测。