Incessant showers clobber Mumbai; Colaba records heaviest single-day rain in 46 years
Mumbai has already recorded 64 per cent of its month-to-month quota of rain within the first five days of August.
Mumbai has already recorded 64 per cent of its month-to-month quota of rain within the first five days of August.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that extremely heavy rain will occur at isolated places in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts of Maharashtra on August 4 and August 5.
Services on sections of suburban sector were halted or crawling on the Western Railway, Central Railway at various locations, while the Harbour Line was paralysed from Kurla to Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.
Meanwhile, the IMD has predicted high tide to hit at 14:23 pm, with a height of 3.83 meters and a low tide is expected around 20:28 pm, with a hight of 0.98 meters.
The operations at the country's second busiest airport had witnessed heavy disruptions on Wednesday as rains crippled the city.
The IMD said that the monthly average rainfall for the month of September for Mumbai has already been crossed in four days.
Hours of incessant rainfall in Mumbai and adjoining districts led to water-logging in several parts of the city on Wednesday morning.
At least 700 people were stranded on the Mumbai-Kolhapur train with no drinking water or food for nearly 15 hours as the train was practically cut off with five-six feet water on all sides.
In Mumbai, Minister of Education Ashish Shelar has directed schools and colleges to declare a holiday to ensure students are not inconvenienced if heavy rain continued.
'Dear Mumbaikars, the city has experienced heavy rainfall in the last couple of hours, especially in the eastern suburb. We regret all the inconvenience that has showered along. But the intensity is on decline now & our teams will try to pump out logged water as soon as possible.'
