Mumbai, July 24: Heavy rains started pouring in the city on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, causing heavy water-logging in several parts of the city. Due to the heavy downpour and poor visibility, flights to and from Mumbai are delayed. Both Vistara and IndiGo have alerted their passengers to check the status of their flights before they leave home and to expect delays.
The Santacruz observatory recorded 58 mm downpour between 8.30 am on Tuesday and 5.30 am on Wednesday while 171 mm rainfall was recorded in Colaba in 3 hours. Mumbai Rains Live News Updates, Traffic And Local Train Status For Today, July 24, 2019: Water-Logging at Chembur's Amar Mahal Junction.
Vistara took to Twitter and announced that due to heavy rains in Mumbai, flights to/from Mumbai may be impacted throughout the day. 'Please visit (link: http://airvistara.com) airvistara.com or SMS UK to 9289228888 for updated flight status. Thank you,' the airline mentioned.
Check Vistara's tweet:
#TravelUpdate : Due to heavy rains in Mumbai, flights to/from Mumbai may be impacted throughout the day. Please visit https://t.co/IZ9taT0TOv or SMS UK <flight no> to 9289228888 for updated flight status. Thank you.
— Vistara (@airvistara) July 24, 2019
IndiGo airline reminded the passengers to check for delays due to heavy rains before they leave from their homes towards the Airport.
Check IndiGo's Tweet:
#6ETravelAdvisory: Request all passengers to check for delays due to heavy rains in #Mumbai. For flight status, visit https://t.co/7UGOtouYYS or send an SMS ST <flight no.><flight date> as DDMM, e.g. for flight 6E-333 for Jul 24, send ST 333 2407 to 566772.
— IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) July 24, 2019
According to the private weather agency, Skymet Weather, the rain intensity would decrease over Colaba, Navi Mumbai, Panvel and Thane during next 2-3 hours. Meanwhile, a good spell will be witnessed over Santacruz, Bhiwandi, Vasai and Mira Bhayander during next 1-2 hours.
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