Mumbai Rains | City braces for another day of hardship after rain fury: In Pics

The city and its suburbs virtually have a public holiday on Wednesday with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis advising people to stay back home unless there is an emergency. Mumbai received 298 mm of rainfall over a period of 9 hours on Tuesday, nine times more rain than the average, an IMD official said. The spell of heavy rains is likely to continue as well, he added. Traffic on the Eastern and Western Express highways, the two key arterial roads in Mumbai, which was crawling at a snail's pace, is slowly returning to normalcy. Torrential rains had pounded the metropolis throughout the day yesterday. The city gauged a whopping 298 mm of rainfall, the highest in a day in August since 1997.

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Five flood rescue teams and two diving teams ready to render assistance at different locations across Mumbai

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All you need is to have a desire to reach out to those who is in need and this was very much was reflected across Mumbai, where people were seen helping people facing the rain fury.

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With rainwater flooding the railway tracks, hundreds of commuters were stranded for hours in trains with nowhere to go. An ineffective public address system compounded the ordeal for the passengers.

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Markets regulator Sebi and exchanges are taking stock of the situation continuously and would decide accordingly amid heavy rains and strong winds disrupting normal life in the financial capital.

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Devotees who host five-day Ganpatis were in a quan dary about whether to head out for visarjan on a very rainy Tuesday.

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Tube boat deployed for rescue operations in Mumbai's Dadar which is facing massive water-logging .

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Incessant rains in Mumbai, city witnesses massive water-logging.

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Severe water-logging at Dadar Circle.

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4 people injured after an iron, frame for posters, fell in VP road area; injured shifted to Saifee hospital

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Traffic signal not working.

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Water enters Parel's KEM hospital after heavy rain.

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Movement of trains affected after heavy rain fall; visuals from Bandra Railway Station.

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Operations at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport was suspended temporarily owing to low visibility. The Indian Navy has kept five flood rescue teams and two diving teams ready to render assistance at different locations across Mumbai.

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The city and its suburbs virtually have a public holiday on Wednesday with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis advising people to stay back home unless there is an emergency. Mumbai received 298 mm of rainfall over a period of 9 hours on Tuesday, nine times more rain than the average, an IMD official said. The spell of heavy rains is likely to continue as well, he added. Traffic on the Eastern and Western Express highways, the two key arterial roads in Mumbai, which was crawling at a snail's pace, is slowly returning to normalcy. Torrential rains had pounded the metropolis throughout the day yesterday. The city gauged a whopping 298 mm of rainfall, the highest in a day in August since 1997.

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Indian Navy distributes breakfast to people in Parel area displaying a sense of kinship and empathy that went far beyond the simple connotations of the storied "Mumbai spirit".

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Trains were running late or stopped on all three suburban railway lines--Central, North and Harbour lines--as tracks were submerged at several places. Having waited for hours on end with water showing no signs of receding, fidgety passengers were seen jumping off stationary trains and walking along the tracks to their destinations.

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Severe water logging in early morning hours following heavy rain.

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Water level at Marine drive earlier on Wednesday.