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Heavy rains slowed down the evening rush hour traffic on SaturdayMonsoon clouds over the Mumbai skyline! Unprecedented floods killed more than 500 people in the city in 2005. What if this bridge breaks? #MumbaiRains#Mumbaipic.twitter.com/INqs3UaaVS - Rajita Bagga (@RajitaBagga) June 2, 2018#MumbaiRainsHeavy water logging on JVLR, near LNT junction bridge - rg (@thookpatti) June 2, 2018My train is stuck on the Vashi bridge, which is surrounded by sea and it's raining so heavily and thundering and lightning and I am really scared for my life! OMG #MumbaiRains - Shweta Sunny (@shwetamathew) June 2, 2018Heavy rain caused water-logging and traffic jams in parts of Mumbai, slowing down the evening rush hour traffic on Saturday, while many residents welcomed the respite from the sweltering summer.Thunderstorm and strong winds accompanied rainfall in many areas in what was among the first showers of this monsoon.People shared images and videos on social media and "#MumbaiRains" was the top Twitter trend in India on Saturday evening.Monsoon rains hit the Kerala on Tuesday a few days earlier than normal on Tuesday, the weather office said "The southwest monsoon has set in over the southern state of Kerala, three days ahead of its normal date," the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a statement.Mumbai struggles each year to cope during annual monsoon rains..