Mumbai local train, flight services hit as Mumbai rains continue to lash city

Mumbai local train and flight services were on Wednesday night hit as Mumbai rains continued to lash city and its adjoining areas as the Indian Meteorological Department IMD upgraded its orange alert for Mumbai city and its neighbouring districts to a red alert till 830 am on ThursdayThe Harbour line services were suspended due to waterlogging between Mankhurd and Govandi at 941 pm on Wednesday and it was was declared as normal at 2323 hrs the officials saidBetween Vidya Vihar and Mulund UP and Down local lines are hit with heavy rains and waterlogging BhandupNahur down local line is also hit with heavy waterlogging and between Kanjurmarg and Vikhroli 30 kmph question order was imposed on UP and Down services said Central Railway Chief PRO Dr Swapnil NilaAs of September 25 2024 Mumbai and nearby areas such as Thane NaviMumbai and parts of the Konkan region are under a weatheralert for heavy to very heavy rainfall This forecast is expected to last into the night and possibly through the next day with conditionshellip pictwittercomFolPISTLGpmdash Mid Day mid_day September 25 2024Parts of Mumbai also witnessed waterlogging On Wednesday the Andheri Subway was closed for traffic twice for a brief period The BKCChunabhatti connector road also witnessed waterlogging Several suburbs of Mumbai have been receiving significant rain from Wednesday afternoon with Mulund and its surroundings experiencing the heaviest rainfall inundating lowlying areas sources saidCSMT station live Train services are delayed but working so far mid_day SachinKalbag MumbaiRains pictwittercomH2X7K8SaHDmdash Rajendra B Aklekar rajtoday September 25 2024Multiple flights from various locations to Mumbai has been delayed due to low visiblity and wind sheer at Mumbai airport approach Sources from ATC confirmed the weather status and also disclosed that over 30 incoming aircrafts have been conveyed the message of delaying the flight before take off14 flight diversions reported in Mumbai including Indigo 9 Vistara 2 Air India 1 Akasa Air 1 and Gulf Air 1The flights were diverted to Ahmedabad 4 Hyderabad 7 Goa MOPA 2 and Udaipur 1 the officials saidIf visibility reduces more runway operations will have to be suspended as well Those aircrafts inbound to Mumbai and are already in air have been updated about the weather and have been advised to be prepared for a diversion to their alternate if weather conditions worsen the official sources saidFlight schedule displayed at Bengaluru airport Mumbai flights delayed a passenger at the Bengaluru airport saidFollow LIVE updates hereTwo flights were diverted due to heavy rains AI656 HSR RajkotBOM Mumbai was diverted to AMD Ahmadabad and 6E1052 BKK BangkokBOM Mumbai had a go around at time 2004 due to wind shear and diverting to AMD Ahmadabad at the same time Till 20 09 hrs 7 go around and 2 diversions took place ATC Mumbai the official saidThe IMD said that extremely heavy rainfall and thunderstorm with lightning and gusty winds at isolated places were very likely in Mumbai and ThaneThe weather department also issued an orange alert for Palghar district in MaharashtraCentral Railway main line was disrupted due to waterlogging at Bhandup Kanjurmarg and VikhroliWaterlogging Vikhroli MumbaiRains Rains MumbaiNews Video by Sameer Abedi httpstcoQ2JslAWLV8 pictwittercomL6TW3OxXGlmdash Mid Day mid_day September 25 2024A red alert was also issued for Pune Raigad and Ratnagiri districts predicting extremely heavy rainfall and thunderstorm with lightning and gusty winds at isolated places were very likelyMeanwhile in a nowcast warning issued at 7 pm on Wednesday The IMD said that thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and intense spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 4050 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai Palghar Nandurbar Dhule Jalgaon Solapur and Satara during next 34 hoursTake precautions while moving out the IMD said