Monsoon rains hit India's west
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The first monsoon rains of the year are pounding India's western region and the city of Mumbai killing at least five people.
The city's leaders say it's prepared for the weather but roads, and building are flooded and some building are crumbling.
Walls and other bits of buildings collapsed and crushed two people in different parts of the city , three other people were either crushed or electrocuted.
Thirteen flights into India's financial have been diverted to distant cities, while many more were delayed by up to an hour.
The city's weather department officially declared the monsoon rolled into town on Saturday, a few days earlier than usual, and since then, around 10 centimetres or four inches of rain has fallen on the city each day.







