Heavy rainfall continues in Mumbai: As it happened on Saturday

Heavy rainfall continues in Mumbai: As it happened on Saturday
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  • Mumbai Airport flight radar faces a technical glitch, all flights post 5 PM delayed.
  • Transport services resume in most parts of Mumbai after downpour in last 24 hours.
  • MeT department predicts heavy showers in next 24-48 hours.
  • Rains lash many areas of Mumbai.
  • A 4.33-metre high tide was expected in the Arabian Sea at around 3:10 pm today and people have been warned against venturing near the seashore or beaches dotting Mumbai.
  • The weather bureau has forecast occasional bouts of very heavy and heavy rains with continual rains or showers in the city and surroundings.
  • Banks, financial institutions, shops, business districts, trading areas and commercial establishments across the city begin returning to normalcy with near-normal attendance.
  • All flights at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on the domestic and international terminals are on schedule today, says an official spokesperson.
  • Traffic on the Eastern Express and Western Express highways slicing through the city is heavy and slow moving as waterlogging continued in some patches due to overnight rains.
  • Ignoring drizzling, men and women streamed to suburban stations around the sprawling Metro to head for their offices and other places of work which remained shut on Friday.
  • A statement issued by Central and Western Railway says that all suburban services were running as per normal schedule including Harbour line and Trans-Harbour line in Central Railway.
  • The city`s lifelines -- Western Railway (WR), Central Railway (CR) and the Harbour Line (a part of CR) -- which had virtually collapsed on Friday, resumed regular operations, but with delays of 15-45 minutes and ferried commuters to and from their homes-offices. 
  • Life in Mumbai was back on track on Saturday morning, a day after heavy downpour and flooding in the city.
  • The Maharashtra government has directed all schools and colleges in the city and neighbouring Thane district to remain close on Saturday.
  • The met department has warned of heavy rains in next 24 hours. "We have advised people to remain indoors on Saturday," Mumbai's civic body chief Ajoy Mehta said.
  • Normal life was brought to a grinding halt with several areas waterlogged and local train services cancelled leaving thousands of commuters stranded yesterday.
  • On Friday, heavy rains pummelled the country's financial capital and its suburbs during which two persons were electrocuted. 283 mm of rain, which is normally received in 10 days, was received in just 24 hours yesterday.
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