Photos: Heavy rains disrupt Mumbai's normal life

Commuters wade through a waterlogged street at Parel. Normal life was disrupted in Mumbai on Wednesday after the city received heavy rainfall at isolated places for the last 12 hours.

The India Meteorology Department (IMD) predicted heavy downpour for the day. "Widespread rainfall with scattered heavy to very heavy falls and isolated extremely heavy falls most likely to continue over Konkan and Goa (including Mumbai) till August 6 and over Madhya Maharashtra (ghat areas) till August 5 and reduce thereafter," the IMD tweeted.

The weather agency also gave a red alert for August 4 and 5, advising citizens not to visit near the shore and low-lying areas. | Above: NDRF personnel during rescue operations after a residential chawl collapsed at Agripada.

Besides, the weather station at Bhayander in Thane recorded 169 mm rainfall while the one at Mira Road reported 159 mm during the same period, he said.

As per IMDs website, Thane city, Dombivli and Kalyan areas, which are part of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), received more than 120 mm rainfall during the same period.

Mumbai city and suburbs like Bandra and Kurla received rainfall in the range of 30 mm to 70 mm in the last 12 hours.

A railway track is seen waterlogged during rains, in Mumbai

A man wades through a water logged street during heavy rain in Mumbai

A man sleeps outside a temporary municipal office on a flooded street during heavy rains in Mumbai

A man pushes his bicycle through a flooded road, during heavy rains in Mumbai

People walk through a waterlogged road during rains, in Mumbai

Crows sit on overhead cables as a train moves slowly through waterlogged tracks during heavy rain in Mumbai

People drive through a flooded street during heavy rains in Mumbai

A woman drains out water from her house after flooding caused by incessant rains at BIT Chawl area, Parel, in Mumbai

A man walks from water logged street during heavy rain in Mumbai

A bus struggling while crossing through a waterlogged road during rains, in Mumbai

A man walks through a waist-length waterlogged road during rains, in Mumbai

NDRF team searching the bodies who fell into a drain after their room collapsed in a residential chawl at Agripada in Dhobighat area of Santa Cruz, in Mumbai

People cross a waterlogged road during heavy rain in Mumbai

NDRF personnel during rescue operations after a residential chawl collapsed at Agripada during heavy rain in Mumbai

Kids play on a waterlogged road during rains, in Mumbai

People walks from water logged street during heavy rain in Mumbai

NDRF personnel during rescue operations after a residential chawl collapsed at Agripada during heavy rain in Mumbai

A view of the waterlogged area due to heavy rain in Mumbai

People take out an autorickshaw which is strucked in waterlogging during heavy rain in Mumbai

A man walks from water logged street during heavy rain in Mumbai