2 Flights Diverted, 7 Make Go-Around Of Mumbai Airport As Bad Weather Disrupts Landing

Mumbai: Two flights were diverted and seven flights h to make a go-around at Mumbai airport as heavy rains returned to lash Mumbai and surrounding areas on Wednesday after a long hiatus. Among affected flights, Vistara Flight UK941, travelling from Delhi to Mumbai, was diverted to Hyderab due to heavy rain and poor visibility. flight was expected to land in Hyderab at 9:10 p.m., as stated by airline officials.

Met Department has issued a red alert for city and its neighbouring districts, predicting "extremely heavy rainfall". A civic official said India Meteorological Department (IMD) upgred its orange alert for Mumbai to a red alert valid till 8.30 am on Thursday.  

Owing to inclement wear, traffic on ros also crawled while local trains ran behind schedule. Several suburbs of Mumbai have been receiving significant rain from Wednesday afternoon, with Mulund and its surroundings experiencing heaviest rainfall, inundating low-lying areas.

Heavy showers have been lashing island city from evening, slowing down ro traffic due to water-logging and poor visibility. Local train services were also delayed due to rains, said officials.

In its latest warning, issued at 5.30 pm, IMD predicted “extremely heavy rainfall and thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds at isolated places” in Mumbai, Thane, Raig and Ratnagiri districts.

Met department has issued a red alert for Palghar and an orange one for Thane, Raig, Mumbai and Pune for September 26. An orange alert has been issued for Nashik and Dhule districts in north Maharashtra .

IMD scientist Sushma Nair said a trough runs from north Konkan to south Banglesh across a cyclonic circulation over south Chhattisgarh and its neighbourhood extending to middle tropospheric level tilting southwards with height.

"This will le to fairly widespre to widespre light/moderate rainfall is very likely over Konkan and Goa during week," she said.

Isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over Konkan and Goa and central Maharashtra during September 25-27.