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Waterlogging has been reported at several places in Mumbai after heavy rain lashed the city on Wednesday morning. Mumbai local train services between Kurla and CSMT have also been halted.

The south-west monsoon arrived in Mumbai and its neighbouring areas on Wednesday, the IMD announced as heavy rains lashed the country’s financial capital since early morning.

Local train services from Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) to neighbouring Thane and Vashi in Navi Mumbai were suspended due to waterlogging on some railway tracks.Mumbai local train services between Kurla and CSMT have been halted as water submerged tracks between Kurla and Sion stations.

“Due to heavy rains in Suburbs and waterlogging at Chunabatti and between Sion-Kurla section, as a precautionary measure, CSMT-Thane mainline services and CSMT-Vashi harbour line services have been suspended from 10.20am and the Trans-Harbour and BSU (Uran) services are running smoothly. Also, Shuttle services between Thane and Karjat/Kasara and Vashi-Panvel are running,” Central Railways said.

A high tide of over four metres is expected around noon in the Arabian Sea, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said.

“It’s monsoon arrival in Mumbai today,” said Dr Jayanta Sarkar, head of the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Mumbai office.As per the BMC, the island city, eastern suburbs and western suburbs recorded 48.49 mm, 66.99 mm and 48.99 mm rain, respectively, in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am on Wednesday.

Several parts of the city and suburbs witnessed heavy rainfall along with thunder in the morning.

The IMD on Saturday had confirmed the arrival of the southwest monsoon in Maharashtra as it reached Harnai in the coastal Ratnagiri district.

The Maharashtra capital on Tuesday received showers ranging between 20 mm to 40 mm in Colaba, Mahalaxmi and parts of Dadar area, while some weather stations in north Mumbai including Chincholi, Borivali and Dahisar received around 60 mm of rainfall in the first half of the day.

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