Heavy rains have lashed Mumbai and its surrounding areas on Monday leading to widespread waterlogging and disruption of suburban train services. Some areas in the city have recorded over 300 mm of rainfall within six hours from 1 am to 7 am on Monday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and the Konkan belt. Vikhroli and Powai saw the highest rainfall in the last 24 hours as over 315 mm of rainfall was recorded.
Over 50 flights have been cancelled due to the downpour. Several airlines warn passengers and urged them to check flight status before leaving for the airport.
At Dombivli station, people waited for trains on submerged tracks. Water-logging was reported from Worli, Buntara Bhavan, in Kurla East, King's Circle area of Mumbai, Dadar and Vidyavihar railway station.
Several teams of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were deployed in Thane, Vasai, Mahad (Raigad), Chiplun (Ratnagiri), Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara, Ghatkopar, Kurla and Sindhudurg. NDRF rescued 49 people from a water-logged resort in Thane and 16 villagers in Palghar.
