After Night Of Heavy Rain, Mumbai Schools Shut, Flights Hit
06:18AM Wed 20 Sep, 2017
MUMBAI, 20 September,2017: Torrential rain lashed Mumbai for the second time in weeks on Tuesday, flooding low-lying areas and paralysing rail, road and air traffic in the country's financial hub. Schools and colleges have been shut today. The Met Office, which has predicted more rain in the next 24 hours, said the "worst is over".
"We have removed warning (for heavy rainfall), intermittent rainfall likely over city and suburbs for next 48 hours," a senior weather official said.
Flight operations, however, remained affected at Mumbai airport; a total of 56 flights have been diverted as the main runway is not yet operational.
Tuesday's rain delayed services on the heavily used local train network, a rail official said, while road traffic was also disrupted by flooding. Commuters stuck at various stations since last night due to disruption of suburban train services were seen making their way home this morning as the situation improved overnight. Five Western Railway trains have been cancelled due to heavy rain; most running at restricted speed. Heavy waterlogging was reported on tracks between Vasai and Virar.
Low visibility, strong winds and slippery conditions on Tuesday night caused the SpiceJet flight to overshoot while landing and skid onto the grass. The airline said all 183 passengers on the flight from Varanasi were safe, but the incident led to widespread disruptions. The aircraft is still stuck on the runway and efforts are on to tow it away to a bay, the official said.
Source:NDTV
Posted by-Hira Ikkeri
"We have removed warning (for heavy rainfall), intermittent rainfall likely over city and suburbs for next 48 hours," a senior weather official said.
Flight operations, however, remained affected at Mumbai airport; a total of 56 flights have been diverted as the main runway is not yet operational.
Tuesday's rain delayed services on the heavily used local train network, a rail official said, while road traffic was also disrupted by flooding. Commuters stuck at various stations since last night due to disruption of suburban train services were seen making their way home this morning as the situation improved overnight. Five Western Railway trains have been cancelled due to heavy rain; most running at restricted speed. Heavy waterlogging was reported on tracks between Vasai and Virar.
Low visibility, strong winds and slippery conditions on Tuesday night caused the SpiceJet flight to overshoot while landing and skid onto the grass. The airline said all 183 passengers on the flight from Varanasi were safe, but the incident led to widespread disruptions. The aircraft is still stuck on the runway and efforts are on to tow it away to a bay, the official said.
Source:NDTV
Posted by-Hira Ikkeri
Photos
