Motorists across Mumbai struggled to drive through submerged streets after a storm had hit the west Indian city.

A couple of motorcyclists were seen unable to move freely through the knee-deep water on June 9.

Several places in Mumbai received heavy rain Wednesday as the Southwest Monsoon arrived two days ahead of its normal date. Waterlogging has been reported at several places in Mumbai after heavy rain lashed the city on Wednesday morning. Mumbai local train services have been halted as water submerged tracks between Kurla and Sion stations. Traffic was stopped at 9.50 am, as a precautionary measure to avoid any untoward incident.

Several parts of the city and suburbs witnessed heavy rainfall along with thunder in the morning. As per the BMC, the island city, eastern suburbs, and western suburbs recorded 48.49 mm, 66.99 mm, and 48.99 mm rain, respectively, in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am on Wednesday. Moderate rain or thundershowers have been predicted over Mumbai and surrounding suburbs, with the possibility of heavy to very heavy rain in some places.

The monsoon, which has set in just as Mumbai and Maharashtra appear to have seen off the worst of the second Covid wave, is expected to advance into the state today and into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, as well as Odisha and Bengal, over the next 48 hours.