Parting Shot

‘Red’ alert for Mumbai; schools closed today in city and Thane

For the second consecutive day, Mumbai turned into an expanse of water with life coming to a grinding halt.

The disruption on the tracks -- on all the three lines -– and the eastern and the western highway led to thousands being marooned in tiny islets – mostly railway platforms, stranded vehicles and elevated structures, which had managed to stay afloat.

Mumbai, of late, is increasingly getting heavy bursts of rain in short spells. In a tweet, Yuva Sena Chief Aaditya Thackeray said the city has witnessed the "heaviest rainfall so far, with the total rainfall exceeding the whole of September in just about 30 hours". This was borne out by what the IMD had to say: Of the 150 weather stations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, around 100 recorded over 200 mm rainfall in 24 hours.