Heavy downpour on the first day of Monsoon has disrupted life in Mumbai. At least 3 deaths have been reported, apart from massive traffic snarls, train delays and road cave-ins. For the next 24 hours, the IMD has issued an 'orange alert', which signals heavy to very heavy rainfall.
Rain appears to have slowed down. Up Trains on Central Railway line are running late by 10 min (which is normal), down trains mostly on time. Water receded at Matunga, Sion, and Kurla tracks. Stay tuned for more updates.
37-year-old woman admitted to hospital in a critical condition after wall of an under construction building collapsed at around 4.45 am today, on Vidyalankar road in Wadala's Antop Hill, following heavy rain. FIR has been registered against the builder in the case, news agency ANI reported.
No water logging at Hindmata Junction and Sion. The Pictures are captured from the LIVE CCTV Cameras. Please don't believe in fake news or rumours tweeted Disaster Management Unit of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai:
26 flights have been delayed following the heavy downpour in Mumbai. Reports of waterlogging from various parts of the city have been reported after heavy rains in the past 24 hours. The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted more rainfall in the next 24 hours.
According to details on Tide Forcast's website, Mumbai is going to witness high tide at 10.43 AM on Monday, June 25, 2018. The tide height would be 4 metres which are is 13.12 ft.
Mumbai Rains have crossed the 200 mm mark in 24 hours. In the last 24 hours from 8.30 am on Sunday, Santa Cruz recorded 231 mm of rains. Expect showers to be as intense today as well.
Due to heavy rain between Virar and Surat all Mail exp. trains arriving at Bandra Terminus, Dadar Terminus and Mumbai central are expected to arrive late:
Due to very heavy rains, UP line between Bhilad and Sanjan in Mumbai Division is affected from 7.45 am. Single line working is being planned through Downline (for UP trains too): Western Railway.
Mumbai, June 25: Monsoon has arrived in Mumbai and with full force. Sunday night and Monday morning saw heavy downpour which resulted into waterlogging at several places. Malad received maximum rainfall on Sunday (110.8mm). Flight operations were affected due to the heavy shower and media reports said that train services were affected too.
Disaster Management Unit of Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has been issuing alerts about traffic situation in Mumbai at various places. Colaba recorded 90 mm & Santacruz recorded 195 mm of rain at 5.30 am, heavy to very heavy rain to continue said the Indian Meteorological Department. News Agency ANI has also tweeted with images of waterlogging at various places:
Heavy rain lashes Mumbai. Here are the visuals from Eastern Express highway:
There is some water accumulation at Sion due to continuous rains but trains are running on all three lines of Central Railway (Mainline, Harbour and Trans-harbour) with a delay of 5-7 minutes-Central Railway as per the latest reports.
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