Mumbai:

Heavy rain overnight pounded large parts of Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), affecting suburban and long-distance trains, roads, and highways. This deluge stranded lakhs of commuters on their way to work on the first working day of the week and led to the closure of schools for the morning session.

In just six hours, several areas in the city recorded a staggering 200 mm to 300 mm of rainfall from 1 am to 7 am, according to the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The downpour persisted, with a forecast predicting heavy rain for the next two days.

#WATCH | Waterlogging triggered by heavy rain in King’s Circle area of Mumbai pic.twitter.com/v4ByKwhb3h

— ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2024

The city’s residents woke up to waterlogged roads, railway tracks, flooded low-lying areas, water in homes, shops, or offices, blocked subways, and many places rendered inaccessible for commuting.

#WATCH | Pedestrians and vehicles cross heavily waterlogged streets at King’s Circle amid rains in Mumbai

A commuter says, “My car is stuck on the road. There is no point in blaming the government for the rains. The government is doing its job.” pic.twitter.com/2v16Osb8NZ

— ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2024

The weather office has predicted light to moderate spell of rainfall over Mumbai today. NDRF teams have been deployed in Thane, Vasai ( Palghar), Mahad (Raigad), Chiplun (Ratnagiri), Kolhapur, Sangli, Satara Ghatkopar, Kurla and Sindhudurg.

NDRF said it has also deployed three regular teams at Andheri and one team at Nagpur to “avert any untoward incident and give an appropriate response in case of any flood-like situation.”

Commuters also encountered delays or cancellations of suburban local trains – Mumbai’s lifeline, which transports over 8.50 million people daily. Huge crowds gathered at almost all railway stations along the Central Railway and Western Railway networks spanning Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, and Raigad (MMR).

#WATCH | Maharashtra: Heavy rain in Mumbai causes waterlogging.

(Visuals from Dadar area) pic.twitter.com/Drx0FY6wEV

— ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2024

Additionally, crucial trains that ferry thousands of commuters on the Mumbai-Gujarat, Mumbai-Pune, and Mumbai-Kolhapur routes faced cancellations, massive delays, or became stranded at stations en route.

Within Mumbai, several subways, including those in Santacruz, Andheri, Jogeshwari, Malad, Kandivali, and Dahisar, were inundated with 3-5 feet of water, halting east-west traffic. Railway tracks were flooded near Kalyan, Dombivali, Ulhasnagar, Thane, Bhandup, Kurla, Sion, and Wadala, further impacting suburban train services.

#WATCH | Maharashtra: Severe waterlogging in different parts of Mumbai, following incessant heavy rainfall. pic.twitter.com/O6VUuYOknr

— ANI (@ANI) July 8, 2024

Several housing complexes in Dahisar, Borivali, Kandivali, Malad, Jogeshwari, Andheri, Santacruz, Sion, Wadala, Kurla, Ghatkopar, and Bhandup experienced severe waterlogging. Scores of vehicles, both big and small, were either stuck or partially to fully submerged in different areas of the city. There were numerous incidents of tree falls and other minor accidents, though no casualties have been reported so far.

Mumbai Weather Live Updates: Heavy rains have battered Mumbai with the city recording over 300 mm of rainfall at several places in just six hours from 1 am to 7 am today. Several trains were diverted and many others were cancelled following heavy rains, the Central Railways said. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is working to clear waterlogging across the city.  

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and the Konkan belt. Vikhroli’s Veer Savarkar Marg Municipal School and MCMCR Powai saw the highest rainfall in the last 24 hours and over 315 mm of rainfall was recorded. Water-logging was reported from Worli, Buntara Bhavan, in Kurla East, King’s Circle area of Mumbai, Dadar and Vidyavihar Railway Station.

Here are the LIVE updates on Mumbai rain: 

Mumbai Rain LIVE: Check List Of BEST Buses Diverted Due To Waterlogging

#Mumbai | Due to waterlogging triggered by rain, many BEST buses diverted from their regular route, says BEST Bus Transport.

(Reported by news agency ANI) #MumbaiRainspic.twitter.com/XsEk7cHNbM

– NDTV (@ndtv) July 8, 2024

Mumbai Rain LIVE: These Trains Have Been Cancelled

Due to Water logging in BB div in Various Station Following Trains are Re-Schedule, Short terminated and Short originated as follow pic.twitter.com/iaP79Nx9gi

– DRM Mumbai CR (@drmmumbaicr) July 8, 2024

List Of Areas That Recorded Heaviest Rainfall In Mumbai

Locations with heaviest rainfall in Mumbai city and suburbs on July 8

– Veer Savarkar Marg Municipal School (315.6 mm)

– MCMCR Powai (314.6 mm)

– Malpa Dongri Municipal School (292.2 mm)

– Chakala Municipal School (278.2 mm)

– Aarey Vasahat Municipal Corporation School (259.0 mm)

– Hindu Hrudayamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Municipal School (255.0 mm)

– Naryalwadi School (241.6 mm)

– Collector Colony Municipal School (221.2 mm)

– Pratikshanagar Municipal Corporation School (220.2 mm)

– Nutan Vidyamandir (190.6 mm)

– Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg Municipal School (189.0 mm)

– Shivdi Koliwada Municipal School (185.8 mm)

– Rawali Camp (176.3 mm)

– Dharavi Black Fort Municipal School (165.8 mm)

– B. Nadkarni Udyan Municipal School (156.6 mm)

Water Pumps Used To Drain Water From Rail Tracks In Mumbai Amid Rain

#MumbaiRains | Despite the heavy rain, #MumbaiLocals in Western Railway’s suburban section are running normally.

“High capacity water pumps are being utilised to drain water and railway staff across the section are closely monitoring the situation to keep Mumbai’s lifeline… pic.twitter.com/1nPRH7OZWO

– NDTV (@ndtv) July 8, 2024