Heavy rain and strong winds are causing huge delays at the Mumbai airport.Arrivals are 45 minutes late; departing flights are running two hours behind schedule as pilots cope with fluctuating visibility.
Five flights have been diverted, including one Air India Chennai flight, said officials. (Rain delays flights: Watch passenger stories)
Trains on the Western Line are now back on track; they were running slow for about an hour this morning after a tree fell on an overhead wire between the Dadar and Matunga stations. (Twitter Buzz)
The city has received 60.77 mm rainfall since Tuesday. Colaba in south Mumbai received 78.6 mm and suburban Santacruz received 95.0 mm, the MET department said.
Water logging has been reported at Dadar in central Mumbai, Cadbury Junction, Hind Mata and other areas.
Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in the city with strong gusty winds and thundershowers in parts of city and suburbs, the weather department has said.
Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has also issued an alert about a high tide of 4.70 metres at 1521 hours today. (Read: BMC warns of high tide in Mumbai)
Another tide of 4.07 metres is expected at 1421 hours, the civic body has said.
"Any tide above 4.5 metres coupled with heavy rains is a matter of concern," Joint Municipal Commissioner S S Shinde told PTI.
"We appeal to Mumbaikars not to venture into the sea and stay away from the coastline area as a high tide has been predicted today," he added.
In the Thane district on the outskirts of Mumbai, eight persons were killed and four injured when a wall collapsed on Wednesday morning. (Read: 8 killed in Thane wall collapse)
The boundary wall of an under-construction building fell on the adjoining shanties at Dnyaneshwar Nagar, possibly due to the rain. (With PTI inputs)
