Tuesday's moderate showers affect flights, uproot trees, cause waterlogging.
The city was spared of its usual waterlogging woes on Tuesday since the high tide of 4.97m, the highest this season, did not coincide with heavy showers as was predicted.
The Colaba and Santa Cruz weather stations recorded moderate rainfall of 9.7mm and 41.8mm respectively between 8.30am and 5.30pm.
Waterlogging at few places, including Hindmata, was reported on Tuesday along with incidents of tree falling.
However, the Met officials said the city may see heavy rainfall in the next two days.
The officials from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said conditions are favourable for heavy rains in the next two to three days.
“The low-pressure area formed over north west of Bay of Bengal has moved to north Odisha and adjoining parts of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, which is why rainfall activity has increased in the state and city,” said Ajay Kumar, director of IMD.
He added that the coastal areas, including Mumbai, will experience heavy rainfall in the next two days.
The civic officials were happy that the rainfall did not coincide with the high tide timings. “Though we are prepared for all disaster-related activities, we thought that it may coincide with high tide,” said a senior civic official.
The civic body has also deployed a team of NDRF personnel, civil defence and fire brigade on its six beaches to ensure citizens’ safety.
On Tuesday, at least nine flights were diverted to neighbouring airports, while three had to make a go-around due to heavy rains.
The officials said the visibility at the airport was very low for flights to operate in the afternoon. Many flights were also delayed, causing inconvenience to passengers. Most of the flights were diverted to Baroda airport and the rest to Ahmedabad and Aurangabad, said airport officials.
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