In the first major downpour of this monsoon season, heavy rains lashed Mumbai since last night, disrupting vehicular and rail traffic.

The maximum rainfall was observed in suburbs, the Met department sources said.

Kandivili and Malad suburbs recorded around 45 mm rainfall this morning. Colaba recorded 21 mm rainfall and Santacruz recorded 75 mm downpour till 9 am today.

The Met department has issued a heavy-to-very heavy rainfall warning during the next 24 hours for Konkan and Mumbai coasts.

The Central Railway trains were running late by up to 30-35 minutes because of signal problem at various locations, the railway spokesman said.

However, all suburban train services were running on schedule on the western line.

The flights were running normal at the Mumbai international airport and there were no disruptions reported so far, the sources said.

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