Mumbai: The Mumbai Police tweeting updates about the severe rainfall in some parts of the Mumbai city, which areas are flooded and where traffic is slow, advising Mumbai to “travel with care.” Weather officials, who predict heavy seasonal monsoon rain in the city and its surroundings over the next 24 hours, urged people to stay indoors, to “avoid waterfronts, sitting on tetra pods or on walkway” with a high tide of 3.32 meters which was expected at 4:40 PM.
In the afternoon, the state government ordered for all offices to allow employees to leave, Many businesses had already asked staff to leave early in expectations of worsen traffic jams, The unkind weather provoked many schools to send children home early, although others were on holiday for the Ganesh festival, The rain reduced visibility, forcing airport authorities to divert flights, The “Flights be delayed about Twenty minutes,” says Veena Chiplunkar, a spokesperson of Mumbai International Airport.
