For the third consecutive day, heavy rain continued to lash Mumbai and its suburbs.
Incidents of waterlogging were also reported from some parts of the city. Areas like Wadala, Dadar and Matunga were affected while the Andheri subway was also flooded, resulting in minor traffic diversions.
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday upgraded the warning status from orange to red.
The IMD bulletin said scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy falls are very likely to occur over Mumbai city, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri districts during the next 18 hours.
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The rains could also lead to disruption in electricity and water supply, local traffic and road transport, warned the IMD bulletin.
Meanwhile, Mumbai continues to battle with the coronavirus pandemic as cases tally stands at 95,000.