Heavy rain batters India's Mumbai disrupting rail and road traffic

Sujit JAISWAL / AFP

Authorities in the Indian city of Mumbai issued a red alert on Tuesday and warned people not to venture out after heavy rain brought flooding and travel chaos.

Some suburbs have seen more than 300 mm of rain in the 24 hours, with more heavy rain expected over the next two days.

Trains, already running skeleton services due to the novel coronavirus lockdown, were suspended in several places because of flooding and traffic was disrupted on some of the city's main roads.

A landslide swept down a slope onto a main road in a northern suburb, media reported.

There was no impact on operations at Mumbai's airport apart from reduced visibility, a representative said.

Meanwhile, the city is struggling with a surging coronavirus outbreak with an average of 1,000 new cases being reported every day. 

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