Mumbai rain live updates: Mumbai under orange alert
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Despite the challenging conditions in Mumbai, no fresh office closure orders have been issued by the BMC for Wednesday.
India Meteorological Department has issued a 'red alert' for the Konkan region, including Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Palghar districts, warning of extremely heavy rainfall
Heavy rains in India's financial capital Mumbai have disrupted the lives of millions of people, submerging roads and leading to flight and train cancellations. Many parts of the city remain inundated in waist-deep water, with videos showing residents swimming through waterlogged roads as garbage gushed out from clogged sewers.
Mumbai faces extreme rainfall due to climate change, emphasizing the urgent need for early warning systems and adaptation strategies.
After days of heavy rains, Mumbai saw respite on Wednesday, with IMD predicting normal rainfall for Thursday. Schools, colleges, offices, banks, shops, and local trains are functioning as usual, as the city gradually returns to normalcy.
Netizens take to social media with humour-laced jibes, suggesting that developers selling ₹10-crore apartments should also offer boat parking
Amid the alerts and the waterlogged streets, a vlogger, Sagar Thakur, set out on a journey to the poshest areas of the city where Bollywood stars live to show how the rain affected them.