Mumbai on Tuesday was paralysed by incessant rain, which left many parts of the financial capital waterlogged and 23 dead in a wall collapse in the city.
The rainfall in the 24-hour period before 8.30 am on Tuesday was the highest since the July 26, 2005, deluge in Mumbai. The rainfall recorded by the Santa Cruz observatory on that day was also 375.2 mm.
Mumbai Rains have received more than half the monthly rains in July with the figure reaching to 501 mm in just three days of the month.
Skymet Weather has predicted "light to moderate" intermittent showers in parts of Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Satara, Palgarh, Sangli, Sindhudurg, Thane and Pune during the next four to five hours.
Heavy rains lashing Mumbai since Sunday threw rail, air and road traffic out of gear, with several trains and flights, cancelled.
According to the officials, the main runway of the Mumbai airport is likely to remain closed for flight operations till Thursday as it will take more time to remove a SpiceJet plane that was stuck partially on the runway on Monday. However, there is a slight possibility that the main runway might become operational from tomorrow. A total of 203 flights were cancelled and additional 54 additional flights were diverted at the Mumbai airport due to inclement weather and non-availability of the main runway for operations. Central railway tweeted that the Suburban services of Mumbai Division will run as per the Sunday timetable on July 3, 2019.
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