Overview

• The IMD kept Mumbai under a red alert and extended warnings to Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Kolhapur and Pune.
• Overnight gauges showed Vikhroli at 194.5 mm, Santacruz 185 mm and Juhu 173.5 mm between late Monday and early Tuesday.
• The BMC shut schools, colleges and government and semi-government offices and urged private workplaces to allow work from home.
• Waterlogging hit low-lying pockets such as Byculla, Sion’s Gandhi Market, Dadar, Andheri and Vile Parle, with the Andheri subway closed to traffic.
• Suburban trains ran late—Central Railway by 30–40 minutes—while airlines, including IndiGo, cautioned of delays due to flooded access roads; seven rain-related deaths were reported in Maharashtra, the chief minister said.