The streets of Mumbai are getting waterlogged due to heavy downpour hitting the city on Friday, a day straight after weather agencies predicted extreme rainfall and issued a red alert. It was noted that on Thursday the BMC declared schools and colleges to be shut due to expected rainfall, but the sky was considerably clear on that day.

Mumbai and its neighboring areas have been experiencing heavy rainfall for the past few days. The India Meteorological Department earlier issued a red alert for Mumbai and its adjoining districts Thane,

In several areas, roads turned into fast-moving rivers as more than 100 mm of rainfall was recorded within five hours during the evening. The downpour brought local trains to a halt between Kurla and Thane stations on the Central line,