With the havoc caused by the August 29 downpour fresh in memory, Mumbai is bracing for another spell of rain on Wednesday. The IMD had predicted three-days rain from Sunday, but showers started only since Tuesday.
The weather stations at Santa Cruz and Colaba recorded 137 mm and 142 mm of rainfall respectively on Tuesday. In a statement, the Education Minister’s office said all educational institutions will remain closed on Wednesday, for students’ safety.
Updates
4:45 pm: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued an appeal requesting people not to “spread and trust” rumours of a cyclone warning, reports PTI. Panic messages on a cyclone went viral on social media and messaging apps on Wednesday. The BMC’s Disaster Management Cell responded by putting out tweets, clarifying that no such warning had been issued by the weather department.
“As informed by IMD there is no cyclone warning for Mumbai. Citizens r requested not to spread & trust rumour,” the Cell tweeted.
“In last 1 hr light rain recorded in Mumbai City & Western Suburbs. Moderate rain in Eastern Suburb. Trains & Road traffic normal,” it said in another tweet.
Wading through knee-deep water near Panvel depot
11:45 am: Heavy rains pounded the city and suburbs for the second day today. “Several parts of the metropolis, including South Mumbai, Borivali, Kandivili, Andheri and Bhandup, received heavy rainfall. However, no untoward incident has been reported so far from any part of the city," a BMC official told PTI.
Dark clouds over Worli Sea Face
11:00 am: The Mumbai Police has warned of a high tide at 12.03 pm and 6.04 pm today.
10:00 am: Western Railway (Mumbai) says all stranded long distance trains have been cleared. Suburban services are also running on all lines of Western Railway from Church Gate to Dahanu Road.
9:30 pm: A forecast of heavy to very heavy rainfall at few places with extremely heavy rainfall in Raigad district adjoining Mumbai is expected in the next 24 hours, according to IMD Mumbai.
The Spice Jet flight, which overshot on runway in CSIA Mumbai airport is still stuck in the mud since last night.
Mumbai recorded its second highest September rain in a span of 12 hours yesterday.
9:20 am Flight operations at the Mumbai airport remain affected for the second day today following heavy rains that continue to lash the metropolis. As many as 56 flights have been diverted to different airports till this morning as the main runway continues to be out of use due to the SpiceJet aircraft stuck there, an airport official said.
9:15 am The ‘dabbawalas’ of Mumbai today cancelled their delivery of over two lakh tiffins to employees in the city in view of the disruption of suburban rail services after heavy rains.
9:10 am All 183 passengers on a Varanasi-Mumbai SpiceJet flight had a miraculous escape on Tuesday when the plane landed at 10.05 p.m. in the Mumbai airport but overshot the runway and got stuck in the loose soil at the end of the main runway.
9:00 am The Colaba observatory has said the north Konkan region, including Mumbai and neighbouring areas, is expected to receive more rainfall.
The north-western winds brought thunderclouds from Arabian Sea which caused the rains over Maharashtra. Intermittent showers continued till late in the night as a result of cyclonic circulation that shifted over North Coastal Maharashtra, showed Skymet Weather.
