Mumbai rain: School children get stranded in a flood-like situation, Zomato agent delivers food amid waterlogging

The heavy rainfall in Mumbai is being caused due to a low-pressure system that has developed over the Bay of Bengal.

Mumbai rain: The viral clip shows the Mumbai Police team navigating through the knee-deep water, carrying one kid at a time, and taking them to a safe place (Image source: X)

Another day of torrential rain brought Mumbai to a halt as many parts of the city dealt with severe waterlogging. According to data shared by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the suburban Santacruz station received over 99 mm of rainfall, while the Colaba coastal observatory recorded 38 mm of rainfall between Sunday and Monday morning. As the Met Department issued an Orange alert for Mumbai till August 19, videos of the city coping with the heavy rain flooded the Internet.

One of the videos shows rescuers helping school children out of their bus, which got stranded amid the flood-like situation near Kings Circle, Gandhi Market. The viral clip shows Mumbai policemen navigating through knee-deep water while carrying the kids to safety.

Sharing the video, X handle @mumbaimatterz wrote, “School Kids stranded inside School buses nr KingsCircle, Gandhi Market, being rescued by @MumbaiPolice personnel & taken to safety to Matunga Police Station.”

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School Kids stranded inside School buses nr KingsCircle, Gandhi Market, being rescued by @MumbaiPolice personnel & taken to safety to Matunga Police Station.#MumbaiRains

🎥 © @utkarshs88 pic.twitter.com/NsXgRklizj https://t.co/Al0Z9UL1ys

— मुंबई Matters™🇮🇳 (@mumbaimatterz) August 18, 2025

The video prompted an array of reactions, with one commenting, “What is the benefit of alert if we are not taking step like school closure based on alert.” Another user wrote, “@mybmc sad to know that our bmc cannot decide before hand whether to declare a red alert or not. If anything happens to school kids it will be @mybmc fault.”

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Another photo captures a Zomato delivery agent standing amid heavy rain, walking through a waterlogged area. Hailing the delivery guy, a user wrote, “Heavy rains in Mumbai, waterlogging everywhere. We can see Zomato delivery guy walking through it all to deliver food. The dedication is incredible because of people like him, someone won’t sleep hungry tonight. Hats off to our delivery heroes! @zomato.”

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Heavy rains in Mumbai, waterlogging everywhere. We can see Zomato delivery guy walking through it all to deliver food. The dedication is incredible because of people like him, someone won’t sleep hungry tonight.
🫡 Hats off to our delivery heroes! @zomato #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/O6ly0710ok

— Rebel_Warriors (@Rebel_Warriors) August 16, 2025

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Low Visibility, flooded roads and still no holiday declared. Such is the situation today #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/qzNY6ZKoXe

— Mumbai Nowcast (@s_r_khandelwal) August 18, 2025

Visuals outside One World Centre, Prabhadevi -arguably top 5 corporate buildings in Mumbai. While India achieved its success due to Capitalism, the govt should step in more proactively on private affairs for welfare of it’s citizens via a collaborative approach #MumbaiRains #Bmc pic.twitter.com/QgAqbtDjQZ

— Pranav jain (@pranavjain01) August 18, 2025

This is South Mumbai- Prabhadevi where you buy 15-20 crores of Flat🌊#MumbaiRains doesn’t care pic.twitter.com/7a9D5zKbKx

— Mumbai Nowcast (@s_r_khandelwal) August 18, 2025

🚨 Dadar majorly waterlogged.. 🔴
Avoid unnecessary travel in Mumbai!
Flashfloods in many parts of Mumbai after consistent heavy rains 🌊⚠️ #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/XLLbR4hjAF https://t.co/IhbnPrfI07

— Mumbai Rains (@rushikesh_agre_) August 18, 2025

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“The heavy rainfall is being caused due to a low-pressure system that has developed over the Bay of Bengal, leading to the formation of an east-west trough extending to the Arabian Sea and severe rainfall in the Konkan coast of Maharashtra. The rainfall will continue till the middle of next week as a result of which the alerts have been extended for Mumbai,” an IMD official told The Indian Express.

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