The city received 60.77 mm rainfall since yesterday. Colaba in south Mumbai received 78.6 mm and suburban Santacruz
received 95.0 mm, the MET department said.
Train services on the Western line were running late by 10-15 minutes whereas on the Central line, trains were delayed by 15-20 minutes.
Airline sources said there was an average delay of one-and-a-half to two hours in flight operations due to heavy rains.
"The start-up delay is around one-and-a-half to two hours due to congestion caused by heavy rains and strong winds," they said.
However, the Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) spokesperson said, "There is an average delay of half-an-hour
to 40 minutes across flights."
Five flights have been diverted, including one Air India Chennai flight, the sources said.
Water logging has been reported at Dadar in central Mumbai, Cadbury Junction, Hind Mata and other areas, civic officials said.
Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in the city with strong gusty winds and thundershowers in parts of city and suburbs, the weatherman said.
The BMC has today alerted a high tide of 4.70 metres at 1521 hours.
"Any tide above 4.5 metres is coupled with heavy rains and is a matter of concern," joint municipal commissioner SS Shinde told PTI.
Another tide of 4.07 metres is expected at 1421 hours, the civic body said.
"We appeal to Mumbaikars not to venture into the sea and stay away from the coastline area as a high tide has been predicted today," Shinde said.
The civic body had earlier said that the city would witness high tides measuring about 4.70 metres till June 17.
In the month of June, there will be tides from June 13 to 17 measuring between 4.58 m to 4.73 m, the BMC had said.
On July 26, 2005, the metropolis saw unprecedented floods as 944 mm of rainfall coincided with a 4.48 m tide.
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