The road widening work on the Mumbai-Goa stretch, and poor mobile phone network led to a major delay in help reaching those affected by the flash floods after the Tiware dam (a mid-size irrigation storage dam) collapse. The dam in Ratnagiri district collapsed on Tuesday night between 9.00 and 9.30 pm. An NDRF team could only reach the location on Wednesday morning, but by then the water had washed away 11 of 18 hamlets in the locality.

Local villagers from nearby rushed to help and by Wednesday morning they had recovered 13 bodies. At least 24 people were missing. The NDRF, local Fire Brigade, and villagers are looking for the remaining 11 people who continue to be missing.