Rain fury leaves Mumbai shell-shocked

Mumbai | Thursday | 21st September, 2017

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There were also reports of partial building collapses in the eastern and western suburbs. Flight operations at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport remained crippled, with 185 flights cancelled and many diverted. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yoginimore-inTorrential rain battered Mumbai and its suburbs for the second day on Wednesday, causing massive disruption in flight operations, delaying suburban trains and forcing a large number of people to stay indoors. The airport is the country’s second busiest after New Delhi’s IGI Airport, and handles 930 flights per day. Heavy rain caused flooding near the King Circle at Matunga on Wednesday..