Heavy Rainfall in Mumbai: Sea waves of 4.4 meters are anticipated at excessive tide round 2 pm.
Heavy rains have hit Mumbai and its surrounding areas within the final 24 hours resulting in widespread waterlogging and suburban practice companies. Some areas within the metropolis have recorded over 300 mm of rainfall inside six hours from 1 am to 7 am on Monday.
The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and the Konkan belt. Vikhroli’s Veer Savarkar Marg Municipal Faculty and MCMCR Powai noticed the best rainfall within the final 24 hours as over 315 mm of rainfall was recorded.
Over 50 flights have been cancelled as a result of downpour. A number of airways took to X (previously Twitter) to warn passengers and urged them to test flight standing earlier than leaving for the airport.
Visuals from throughout the town confirmed individuals wading by waist-deep waters and vehicles lined bumper to bumper on Mumbai roads. All authorities, non-public and municipal colleges and schools have been shut throughout the town.
#WATCH | Maharashtra: The visitors slows down on Western Specific Freeway close to Vile Parle as heavy rain lashes Mumbai metropolis. pic.twitter.com/aAzQaayTqO
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#WATCH | Pedestrians and automobiles cross closely waterlogged streets at King’s Circle amid rains in Mumbai
A commuter says, “My automobile is caught on the highway. There isn’t any level in blaming the federal government for the rains. The federal government is doing its job.” pic.twitter.com/2v16Osb8NZ
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At Dombivli station, individuals waited for trains on submerged tracks. Water-logging was reported from Worli, Buntara Bhavan, in Kurla East, King’s Circle space of Mumbai, Dadar and Vidyavihar Railway Station. Over 30 lakh commuters use the suburban native practice companies in Mumbai and neighbouring Thane, Palghar and Raigad every single day.
Prepare companies between Kasara and Titwala stations in Thane district have been suspended after soil lined the tracks between Atgaon and Thansit stations, disrupting rail visitors on the busy Kalyan-Kasara route, they stated.
#WATCH | Native practice companies have resumed on Central Line after rainwater has receded; Visuals from Kurla station in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/r4vJEYr1Vc
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The tracks have been declared unsafe at round 6.30 am, the official stated.
Officers have stated if the rain stops for over two hours the waterlogging will subside however the climate workplace has predicted heavy rain all through the day. The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall in Mumbai in the present day.
Sea waves of 4.4 meters are anticipated at excessive tide round 2 pm.
#WATCH | Pedestrian underpass at Vile Parle East waterlogged because of heavy rainfall in Mumbai pic.twitter.com/SAxCj5BYZ0
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A number of trains have been diverted, rescheduled or terminated because of waterlogging between Kalyan and Kasara stations of Mumbai division.
As a consequence of heavy rainfall and flash floods on the Vasind-Khardi part between 3 am and 6 am, the monitor embankment obtained broken, officers instructed information company PTI.
As of now, a number of groups of NDRF are deployed in Thane, Vasai ( Palghar), Mahad (Raigad), Chiplun (Ratnagiri), Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara Ghatkopar, Kurla and Sindhudurg.
The Nationwide Catastrophe Response Pressure (NDRF) rescued 49 individuals from a water-logged resort in Maharashtra’s Thane and 16 villagers in Palghar. They used boats and life jackets to rescue individuals stranded on the resort because of flooding.
