Eight persons were killed in Maharashtra's Nanded district which witnessed flooding due to a cloudburst-like situation, while Mumbai received a record rainfall of around 300 mm, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Tuesday, reported the PTI.

Crops spread across 12 to 14 lakh acres of land have been damaged due to heavy rains lashing different parts of the state, CM Fadnavis told reporters after the weekly cabinet meeting in Mumbai.

Apart from the crop damage in 12-14 lakh acres of area, eight persons have died in Nanded district and there have also been cattle losses, he said.