Mumbai: Mumbai flights are hours behind schedule as the airport struggles to clear a backlog after a tough morning littered with delays caused by strong winds and heavy rains. Pilots confronted fluctuating visibility all morning.
Incoming flight are delayed by 30-45 minutes due to morning delays. Departures were delayed by two hours, but now it is on time.
Three flights were diverted to Ahemdabad , SG 131,(del-BOM) at 0800hrs, IC971 (MAA-BOM) at 0900 and G8229 (Del-BOM) at 0912 hrs.
The smaller runway is not being used, and that's making it harder for the backlog to clear.
(Rain delays flights: Watch passenger stories) Trains on the Western Line were also affected for an hour this morning after a tree fell on an overhead wire between the Dadar and Matunga stations.
(Twitter Buzz)The city has received 60.77 mm rainfall since Tuesday. Colaba in south Mumbai received 78.6 mm and suburban Santacruz received 95.0 mm, the MET department said.
Water logging has been reported at Dadar in central Mumbai, Cadbury Junction, Hind Mata and other areas.
Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in the city with strong gusty winds and thundershowers in parts of city and suburbs, the weather department has said.
Meanwhile, Mumbai also witnessed a high tide of 4.70 metres today. The city may witness tides of around 4.50 metres on June 16 and 17 too.
(Read: BMC warns of high tide in Mumbai)"Any tide above 4.5 metres coupled with heavy rains is a matter of concern," Joint Municipal Commissioner S S Shinde told PTI.
"We appeal to Mumbaikars not to venture into the sea and stay away from the coastline area as a high tide has been predicted today," he added.
In the Thane district on the outskirts of Mumbai, eight persons were killed and four injured when a wall collapsed on Wednesday morning.
(Read: 8 killed in Thane wall collapse)The boundary wall of an under-construction building fell on the adjoining shanties at Dnyaneshwar Nagar, possibly due to the rain. (With PTI inputs)