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#MumbaiRainsLive Following heavy rain on Monday and a SpiceJet plane overshooting the Mumbai Airport runway around midnight, so far, 55 flights have been cancelled (33 departures and 22 incoming) and 54 have been diverted, according to an official spokesperson, reports @ld_Neha

Tweeted earlier, but repeating: All schools, colleges and govt offices will remain closed today (Tuesday, July 2) in Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region on account of the expected heavy rain. Private offices have been advised to let people stay at home. #MumbaiRainsLive

#MumbaiRainsLive Central Railway has suspended suburban operations between Thane and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, reports @iAroosaAhmed

CR services on Thane-Vashi/ Panvel trans-harbour suburban corridor are operational, reports @kkorde01

#MumbaiRainsLive Mumbai trains: Harbour Line local trains operational between Panvel and Vashi railway station. Local trains on CSMT- Panvel/Vashi suspended. Update by @iAroosaAhmed

#MumbaiRainsLive All air-conditioned trains on Western Railway cancelled for today, reports @kkorde01

#MumbaiRainsLive According to BMC's disaster management cell, around 1,000 people were evacuated from Kranti Nagar in Kurla (North Central Mumbai), to prevent any untoward incidents due to an overflowing Mithi river. Update by @MehulThakkar_

Photo of the SpiceJet flight (Jaipur-Mumbai) which overshot the Mumbai runway late last night. It is still stuck off Runway 27, as the 'Diasbled Aircraft Removal Kit is available only with Air India, & is currently in Mangalore, reports @ld_Neha. Photo: Vijayanand Gupta

#MumbaiRainsLive Disabled Aircraft Removal Kit will land in Mumbai at 1 pm, Air India officials confirm to @ld_Neha. The operation to extricate SpiceJet flight stuck off Runway 27 of Mumbai airport will begin only after that.

#MumbaiRainsLive @s_gangan reports: All scheduled exams in colleges affiliated to Mumbai University stand cancelled in the wake of holiday declared to colleges. New dates to be declared soon, says Vinod Tawde, minister, higher and technical education, Maharashtra #MumbaiUpdates

#MumbaiRainsLive Rainfall data for Mumbai via @ChatterjeeBadri. Mumbai records *second-highest* July day rainfall since 1975, highest in 10 years. The highest ever July day rainfall was 944mm during the dreadful cloudburst of July 26-27, 2005. #MumbaiRain

#MumbaiRainslive Update by @ChatterjeeBadri Exceptionally heavy overnight downpour took Mumbai’s rain total to 982.2mm between June 1 to July 2, 8.30am. This is in excess of 411.2mm for this period. In 24 hrs, Mumbai got 47% of its July average rain – 375.2mm against 840.7mm.