Customers flying ex-BOM are advised to allow more time for their journey to airport. Congestion on roads expected due to heavy rains. — Vistara (@airvistara) 1503984436000

Due to bad weather in Mumbai, our to & fro flights are affected and delays are expected. Kindly check flight status via our mobile app, 1/3 — IndiGo (@IndiGo6E) 1503990063000

#9Wupdate Due to heavy rains in #Mumbai, arrival & departure delays up to 30mins are expected at Mumbai airport till 1500 hrs. — Jet Airways (@jetairways) 1503983198000

Typhoon-like weather.Cancelling my flight to Delhi for an Indo Australian meeting.Telling my Aussie friends I'm 'Do… https://t.co/24FmEw3cMB — anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) 1503986267000

Mumbai, the financial capital of India, is staring at its worst deluge, the one that hit it in 2005, with heavy rains leaving many parts of the city innundated.The downpour has hit flight schedules to and from Mumbai, leaving many stranded.Flights were delayed by at least 15-20 minutes from India's second-busiest airport. There were 5 go arounds and 2 diversions till 11:30 am. All major airlines have advised flyers to enquire before heading to the airport."Customers flying ex-BOM are advised to allow more time for their journey to airport. Congestion on roads expected due to heavy rains," Vistara tweeted.Indigo said customers can check flight status on their website - goindigo.in - or SMS ST(space)flt no(space)date of travel as DDMM to 566772.Jet Airways too has issued advisory for its flyers.The MET department has predicted heavy downpour for the next 48 hours.Heavy rains caused waterlogging and traffic snarls across Mumbai on Tuesday morning. Among the stretches affected the most were Eastern Freeway south-bound, B Ambedkar Road and Western Express Highway at Kherwadi.Images showed people and vehicles wading through knee-deep water.Industrialist Anand Mahindra described it as a typhoon-like weather."Typhoon-like weather.Cancelling my flight to Delhi for an Indo Australian meeting.Telling my Aussie friends I'm 'Down Under' water in Mumbai," Mahindra tweeted.In the 2005 Maharashtra floods, 1094 people died when many parts of Maharashtra flooded, including parts of Mumbai.Meanwhile according to news agency PTI, traffic jams were reported on all major arterial roads in Mumbai, including the Eastern and Western Express Highway, Sion-Panvel highway and LBS Marg as the rains continued since last night.Water-logging was reported in low-lying areas of Parel and Sion. A tree fell on the busy Saat Rasta road, affecting road traffic.Suburban services were disrupted with trains on all the three lines - western, central and harbour - running late.Water-logging on tracks was reported in Andheri and Bandra, civic officials said.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said the situation was well under control and advised the citizens to step out of their homes only if necessary."The metropolis has received heavy rainfall since last night. Between 8.30 am and 12 pm today, the city received 85 mm rainfall," Sudhir Naik, Deputy Municipal Commissioner, told PTI."Step out of homes only if it is too important because water-logging has been reported from several parts of the city," he said.Naik, however, added things were well under control and senior civic officials were keeping a close watch on the situation."Due to water logging on tracks & point failure at Bandra following very heavy rains, 3 lines except UP Fast line are affected. Efforts are on to start traffic on 3 lines (except UP fast line) at Bandra as soon as possible by attending the points," the Western Railway tweeted.According to an official from the BMC's Disaster Management Cell, "There have been reports of water-logging in Dadar, Andheri, Worli, Kurla and Sakinaka, among other areas. We have received 20 cases of tree falling and one of a wall collapse.""Despite heavy downpour, no untoward incident has been reported so far," said the official.