Heavy rainfall, waterlogging hit normal life in Mumbai

Heavy rainfall threw normal life out of gear in Mumbai with the city witnessing severe waterlogging at nearly 20 streets and locations. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

The waterlogging caused a delay in local train services and disrupted traffic for vehicles. (Express Photo By Ganesh Shirsekar )

Due to waterlogging in the Sion and Chembur sectors, at least 16 BEST buses were detoured. (Express Photo By Ganesh Shirsekar )

The area that represents South Mumbai saw the highest single-day rainfall total in July since 2015. (Express Photo by Pradip Das)

Prior to that, Colaba experienced 228 mm of rainfall during a 24-hour period on July 15–16, 2014. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

According to the Chief Minister's Office, the CM has instructed the district administration to get ready in case citizens need to be relocated from flood-prone regions, and NDRF teams have been sent out. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

Officials from the water resources department have been advised to be vigilant and take the appropriate safety measures. (Express Photo by Pradip Das)

In remarks to the media, Shinde stated that, “I have instructed BMC commissioner IS Chahal to keep an alternate mode of transport available — State Transport and BEST buses for passengers who may get inconvenienced.” After Shinde’s statement Mumbaikars can head to their homes in these buses without any delay and without being forced to spend a bomb on private transportation.” (Express Photo by Pradip Das)

Raigad, Ratnagiri, and some other districts received "red" and "orange" advisories as well from the weather service, which foresee very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall during the next few days. (Express Photo by Pradip Das)

According to civic officials, the IMD did not issue a warning for the severe downpour that Mumbai experienced all day Thursday. Following the storm, the IMD changed its warning to an orange alert, signifying "severe to very heavy rain" on Thursday afternoon in isolated areas. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)