Mumbai's Sakinaka police station flooded as heavy rains lash city on Day 5

As heavy rains lash Mumbai for the fifth consecutive day bringing life to a standstill in the city, water entered the Sakinaka police station in Andheri East on Tuesday.

In a video shared on social media, Mumbai cops can be seen wading through the knee-deep water which flooded the police station.

#WATCH Maharashtra: Water enters Sakinaka Police Station in Mumbai. Several parts in the state are facing waterlogging and flooding due to heavy rainfall. #MumbaiRain pic.twitter.com/GwuTwGJEpH— ANI (@ANI) July 2, 2019

At least 27 people have been killed in separate incidents of wall collapse in the state due to heavy rains.

Authorities have declared Tuesday as a public holiday in Mumbai as the Indian Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rains.

The rainfall in the 24-hour period before 8.30am Tuesday was the highest since the July 26, 2005, deluge in Mumbai, officials said.

The rainfall during the 24-hour period was 375.2 mm, the official said, quoting data from the Santa Cruz-based Mumbai Regional Centre of the IMD.

Altogether 54 flights were diverted and 52 cancelled at Mumbais Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport due to inclement weather.

Heavy rains also saw a joint evacuation operation in suburban Kurla with the NDRF, Navy and fire brigade shifting some 1,000 people to temporary shelters, a Navy official said. A Navy team encountered extreme waterlogging and abandoned vehicles, preventing their own vehicles from reaching the site, the official added.

The Central Railway has also decided to run local trains in limited corridors due to waterlogging on the railway tracks. A senior official of the Western Railway said its suburban services are running between Churchgate and Virar even if the frequency was less.

Suburban local train service is also badly affected as low lying areas were submerged. The signalling system became dysfunctional, forcing railway administration to suspend local as well as long distance train movement, said an official from Central Railways.

Long-distance trains of the central and western railways were either cancelled or terminated ahead of final destination due to heavy rainfall, the official said.

Power utility companies have also suspended the supply in some suburban areas of Mumbai as a precautionary measure.

The Meteorological Department has warned of "extremely heavy" rainfall in adjoining areas of Thane and Palghar on July 2, 4 and 5. A few places in Mumbai could get heavy to very heavy rainfall Monday and Tuesday, it added.

Private weather agency Skymet said Mumbai is at "serious risk of flooding" between July 3 and 5. "Close to 200 mm or more rain per day is likely during this period, which could hamper normal life," it said.