Heavy rains lash Mumbai; roads waterlogged, traffic slow

June 12, 2015 09:12

Parts of Mumbai have been receiving heavy rainfall since Thursday night.

The Indian Meteorological Department in Mumbai forecast on Thursday said that rain or thundershowers could occur in the next 24 hours.

The IMD has predicted a high tide measuring 4.95 metres, which is expected at 1:27 pm today.

Reports of waterlogging have coming in from different parts of the city. Traffic too seems to slowed down under the impact of the rain.

A number of people took to Twitter for updates. There is a heavy traffic jam on the Western Express Highway.

In the last 24 hours, Mumbai has received 25.48 mm rainfall. While the city's eastern suburbs registered 11.37 mm rain, the western sububs received 34.67 mm.

The highest amount of rainfall observed in the month of June in last one decade is 1029.8 mm, recorded in 2013.

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