Monsoon mayhem is back: Mumbai’s highest-single day rainfall in 5 years wreaks havoc in city
Mumbai has been seeing incessant heavy rainfall since Sunday. Today, the city recorded over 300 mm of rainfall at various places in six hours following which several local train services and flights were suspended. Trees were uprooted, cases of short circuit have been reported. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde has appealed to Mumbaikars to not venture out unless necessary
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People can be seen wading through the waters as rains batter Mumbai. Several parts of the financial capital reported severe waterlogging, crippling road and rail traffic. Waterlogging was reported from Worli, Buntara Bhavan in Kurla East, King’s Circle area, Dadar and Vidyavihar Railway Station, and other areas. PTI
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Mumbai’s lifeline, its local trains, were also hit after tracks were inundated following heavy rainfall. Due to waterlogging at various places, train services on the main line between CSMT and Thane were suspended. PTI
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IMD issued an ‘orange’ alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall in Mumbai for the next 24 hours. A ‘yellow’ alert for heavy rain has been issued for tomorrow. A high tide is also predicted at 1:57 pm today at 4.40m. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, in a post on X, indicated that all emergency services are on high alert.
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The National Disaster Response Force has been deployed to ‘avert’ a flood-like situation in the city. Teams have been deployed in Kurla and Ghatkopar areas of Mumbai and in other parts of Maharashtra, including Thane, Vasai ( Palghar), Mahad (Raigad), Chiplun (Ratnagiri), Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara and Sindhudurg. PTI
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Several passengers were left stuck at Dombivli Railway station as local trains were suspended. Amid the downpour, 51 flights were also cancelled to and from Mumbai till 11 am. “It has been raining heavily since night. More than 30 mm of rain has fallen in 6 hours. We are monitoring the situation and trying to keep the trains running," ANI quoted General Manager, Central Railway Karan Yadav as saying. PTI
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‘Mumbai Traffic Police wrote on X, “A couple was safely rescued after their car was stuck in the waterlogging under the Sainath Subway, Malad. Due to rainwater accumulation, the Sainath Subway is still closed for vehicular traffic.” Another pedestrian underpass at Vile Parle East was waterlogged due to heavy rainfall. Image Courtesy: @mumbaitrafficpolice/X
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A boy rides his bicycle amid a downpour in Mumbai. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared a holiday for first-session schools today in the wake of the extreme weather conditions. Later as weather conditions worsened, it was decided to shut all BMC, government, and private schools and colleges for the entire day. Reuters
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Workers clear a waterlogged road as vehicles make their way following rains. Similarly, Mumbai Traffic Police also posted a video of Vakola Traffic officials clearing the drainage holes at Western Express Highway near Ramnagar Subway, to drain out the rainwater accumulated in the heavy rains. PTI
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A man with an umbrella runs through the road amid heavy rains in Mumbai. The city recorded over 300 mm of rainfall at various places in a six-hour period from 1 am to 7 am today. CM Shinde appealed to citizens to go out only if necessary. PTI
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