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							<h1 itemprop="headline">Mumbai rains and Hurricane Harvey: A look at how these calamities brought two cities to its&nbsp;knees</h1>
															<h2 itemprop="description" class="synopsis">While Mumbai is reeling under heavy rains and waterlogging, Hurricane Harvey has wreaked havoc in Texas. Incessant rains and &quot;catastrophic flooding&quot; has left at least 10 dead in the US&#039; fourth largest city.</h2>
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<p>Here are pictures from the two cities, in different parts of the world, which are reeling under adverse weather conditions.</p>
<span class="custom-caption"><img class="wp-image-4820635 size-full" src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/plugins/lazy-load-0.7/images/1x1.trans.gif?m=1501797545h" alt data-lazy-src="http://images.indianexpress.com/2017/08/thane-759.jpg"><noscript><img class="wp-image-4820635 size-full" src="http://images.indianexpress.com/2017/08/thane-759.jpg" alt="" /></noscript> Heavy rains causes waterlogging in Thane on Tuesday. (Express photo/Deepak Joshi)</span>
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<span class="custom-caption"><img class="wp-image-4820657 size-full" src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/plugins/lazy-load-0.7/images/1x1.trans.gif?m=1501797545h" alt data-lazy-src="http://images.indianexpress.com/2017/08/harvey1-758.jpg"><noscript><img class="wp-image-4820657 size-full" src="http://images.indianexpress.com/2017/08/harvey1-758.jpg" alt="" /></noscript> A home is surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey Tuesday in Houston. (AP Photo)</span>
<span class="custom-caption"><img class="wp-image-4820630 size-full" src="http://s0.wp.com/wp-content/themes/vip/plugins/lazy-load-0.7/images/1x1.trans.gif?m=1501797545h" alt data-lazy-src="http://images.indianexpress.com/2017/08/harvey-evacuation-759.jpg"><noscript><img class="wp-image-4820630 size-full" src="http://images.indianexpress.com/2017/08/harvey-evacuation-759.jpg" alt="" /></noscript> Evacuees take shelter from Tropical Storm Harvey in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, U.S. (Photo via Reuters)</span>
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