Heavy rain in Mumbai hit traffic this evening
Mumbai:
Heavy rain in Mumbai this evening flooded many roads and led to some flight diversions. Vehicles moved slowly on the flooded roads, leading to traffic jams in many parts of the country’s financial capital.
SpiceJet and Vistara in posts on X said some flights have been diverted.
The weather office issued an alert for Mumbai and neighbouring districts, predicting “extremely heavy rainfall”. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast extremely heavy rain till Thursday morning.
Several suburbs in Mumbai have been receiving significant rain since afternoon today, with Mulund and its surroundings experiencing the heaviest rainfall, flooding low-lying areas.
