Heavy rains continue to lash Mumbai

With heavy rains lashing Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has forecasted that high tide of 4.74 meters is expected to hit Mumbai later today. Local trains in Mumbai are running late after waterlogging on railway tracks due to heavy rain in the city. Several short and long-distance trains have also been delayed or cancelled.

Mumbai:A high tide of 4.74 meters is expected to hit Mumbai later on Saturday.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) stated that low tide of 1.32 metres will occur in the evening around 8:37 PM.

When there is a high tide during the rainy season, flooded water in the city finds it difficult to get into the seas. Low tide will help the flood waters in the city to find an outlet to enter into the seas.

The BMC also said the high tide of 4.06 meters will occur at around 2:45 am and low tide of 0.80 meters at 8:36 am on Sunday.

The India Meteorological Centre, Mumbai has predicted heavy rainfall in the city and in suburbs. The minimum and maximum temperatures will hover around 25 degree Celsius and 30 degree Celsius throughout the day.

Owing to the torrential downpour, a part of a tree fell on Mulund station's cover over the platform (COP) and got entangled with Pantograph of a slow local train.

The tree branches were later removed and services returned to normalcy.

The downpour also led to severe waterlogging in Mumbai and Thane, with locals wading through ankle-deep waters to commute.