Mumbai rain live updates: 4 dead so far; cars and trains moving slowly, schools and colleges closed; IMD warns of more problems

All local trains are running normally. On the main line, trains are delayed by 3-4 minutes as express mail services are rescheduled and there are some precautionary measures in place: Central Railway CPRO

A 45-year-old woman named Vimal Gaikwad drowned in an open drain in MIDC area of ​​Andheri, Mumbai on Wednesday following heavy rains.

On Wednesday, Shivajinagar broke its 86-year-old September rainfall record. The IMD station recorded 131 mm of rain. Most of the rain fell within a three-hour window from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm. The final 24-hour rainfall total from 8.30 am Wednesday to 8.30 am Thursday is expected to exceed 132.3 mm, the absolute September maximum recorded in 1938.

SD Sanap, a scientist at IMD, explained that the combination of heat, moisture from the Arabian Sea and a cyclonic circulation over south Chhattisgarh led to the formation of high cumulonimbus clouds around 3 pm. The intense rainfall over a short period of time resulted in significant waterlogging and traffic disruption. Due to the forecast of more heavy rains, all schools and colleges in Shivajinagar and Pimpri-Chinchwad will remain closed on Thursday.

Over a five-hour period beginning at 5pm on Wednesday, parts of the Mumbai metropolitan region were lashed by more than 200mm of rain, resulting in four deaths, severe flooding, traffic congestion and disruptions on the Central Railway (the Western Railway was unaffected). In addition, 14 flights were diverted.

With the red alert in place until 8:30 am on Thursday, authorities in Mumbai and Thane declared school and college holidays. Commuters were stranded on roads, railway stations and in trains for hours. Among the victims was a 45-year-old woman who drowned in a nullah in Andheri East, while two people were killed by lightning while working at a quarry in Varap village in Kalyan. Another woman drowned near the Zenith waterfall in Khopoli.

• Santa Cruz: 170.3 mm
• Colaba: 168.8 mm

The Thane Zilla Parishad Education Department has announced holiday closures for all schools and junior colleges in Thane district on September 26.

A 45-year-old woman named Vimal Gaikwad drowned in a nullah near a reservoir near Seepz Gate No. 8 in Andheri East. The incident took place around 9:30 pm. Mumbai Fire Brigade personnel rescued her and rushed her to Cooper Hospital, where she was declared dead around 11:40 pm.