Maximum city hit by heavy rains
Torrential rainfall has again badly affected normal life in India's financial capital Mumbai, with waterlogging reported from several low lying parts of the city. A wall has collapsed in Andheri East in suburban Mumbai, and one woman is reportedly trapped inside.
Here's the video from just moments before the wall collapsed:
A wall has collapsed in Andheri East in suburban Mumbai, and one woman is reportedly trapped inside. https://t.co/awRq7Ez2Yf pic.twitter.com/cxhwE2wgB7
— DNA (@dna) July 8, 2019
IMD forecast at 12 PM said, " Intermittent rain with heavy to very heavy with extremely heavy falls at isolated place is likely to occur in Mumbai City & Suburbs". It has also predicted intense rainfall in some parts of the city in the next couple of hours.
From the morning Mumbai received steady rainfall and it slowly gained intensity as time passed. Water logging was reported from Sion, Andheri among other places.
Rains caused water-logging on rail tracks at Ghatkopar, Kanjurmarg, Sion and other stations due to which local trains on the Central Line were running slow.
Several local trains on the Central and Western lines were also cancelled due to flooding on the tracks, railway officials said.
Office-goers who commute by local trains, considered the lifeline of Mumbai, were hit hard due to the heavy downpour in the morning rush hour.
Rains have wreaked havoc in Mumbai with 27 people dying in a wall collapse incident in Malad on July 5.
Rainfall received in Mumbai so far
CITY
1. Dharavi fire 67.0 mm
2. Dadar swm 65.0 mm
3. FN ward 64.5 mm
WESTERN
1. Marol fire 121.0 mm
2. KE ward 103.0 mm
3. Vileparle fire 100.0 mm
EASTERN
1. Kurla fire 120 mm
2. vikroli fire 114.0 mm
3. MW ward 70 mm
1. Andheri wall collapse
Wall collapses in Andheri East, IMD predicts more downpour https://t.co/awRq7Ez2Yf pic.twitter.com/ydomppX92i
— DNA (@dna) July 8, 2019
2. Waterlogged Andheri subway
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BMC tweeted a while back, "Dear Mumbaikars, the city has experience 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. "
3. Operations hampered at Mumbai Airport
Wall collapses in Andheri East, IMD predicts more downpour https://t.co/awRq7Ez2Yf pic.twitter.com/ydomppX92i
— DNA (@dna) July 8, 2019
Operations at the Mumbai airport were suspended briefly on Monday morning due to heavy rains, which also forced the aerodrome operator to divert some flights to the nearby airports, an official said.
However, no flights were cancelled.
"Runway operations at the Mumbai airport remained suspended for nearly 20 minutes on Monday morning due to heavy rains," the official from the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) said.
The services were stopped at 9.12 am and later resumed at 9.31 am.
