Mumbai woke up to yet another day of ceaseless rain on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has made it clear that relief is still some way off. The weather office has placed the city under an 'Orange Alert', signalling heavy to very heavy showers through the day. The sheer intensity of the downpour has already forced authorities to shut schools, throw train timetables into chaos and leave the airport's flight schedule in disarray.
Acting on the warning, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) declared a full holiday for every government, private and municipal school and college across the city on Tuesday. In its official statement, the civic body said, "In view of this, all Government, Municipal and Private schools and colleges in Mumbai have been declared a holiday for 7 July 2026, for safety of the students." The BMC also appealed to residents to stay indoors and step out only when it is truly urgent.
Nearly 250 flights knocked off schedule
Air travel has taken one of the hardest hits. Close to 250 flights were either delayed or cancelled between Monday and the early hours of Tuesday, July 7. In the early hours of July 6 alone, at least 17 flights were cancelled while a staggering 217 were delayed across arrivals and departures. Carriers including Akasa Air, IndiGo, SpiceJet and Air India have all flagged possible disruptions across Mumbai, Pune and Goa, and have advised flyers to confirm their flight status before setting off for the airport.
How to check your flight status
If you are due to travel during this spell, the most reliable way to stay updated is to check your flight status on the airline's website or mobile app. The process differs slightly from one carrier to another:
- IndiGo: Open IndiGo's website or app, enter the PNR number on your ticket, select your travel date and click Search Flight. The status appears shortly afterwards.
- Air India: Visit Air India's website or app, enter either the flight number, PNR or route, choose the date and click Get Flight Status.
- SpiceJet: Head to SpiceJet's flight status tracker page, enter the departure or arrival date, select the from and to destinations, then type in the flight number and search.
- Akasa Air: On Akasa's website or app you can check the status three ways, by flight number, PNR or cities. For flight number, enter the flight number and departure date. For PNR, enter the PNR, booking reference or e-ticket number along with your email ID or last name. For cities, enter the departure and arrival points along with the departure date.
Where the rain hit hardest
According to BMC data, the heaviest rainfall on July 6 between 8 am and 6 pm was recorded at the Veer Savarkar Marg Municipal School in Bhandup, which received 143.2 mm of rain. The Chincholi Fire Station followed with 109.8 mm. Areas such as Vikroli West, Ghatkopar, the S Ward Office, Versova WWTF and Lagoons, Goregaon, Aarey Colony and HBT Trauma Hospital logged between 90 mm and 100 mm of rainfall through the day.
Trees down, roads choked
The heavy rain also uprooted trees and snapped branches across the city. By 6 pm, the BMC had received at least 291 complaints of trees or branches falling. Of these, 74 came from Mumbai city, 78 from the eastern suburbs, and the highest number, 139, from the western suburbs.
Trains halted as landslides hit the ghats
The July 6 downpour affected all three travelling routes. After landslides struck the Karjat-Lonavala stretch of the Bhor Ghat section, the Mumbai-to-Pune routes were suspended. With the ghat section blocked, Central Railway had to cancel, divert, regulate and reschedule several train services. The affected trains include multiple CSMT-Pune Indrayani Express and Pune-CSMT Indrayani Express services, Intercity trains running between CSMT and Pune, and the Solapur Intercity Express operating in both directions. Prominent long-distance trains such as the Deccan Express, Deccan Queen, Pragati Express and Sinhagad Express were also hit, and the CSMT-Dhule Express service felt the impact of the disruption too.
More rain still on the way
The wet spell is not confined to Mumbai. Schools have also been shut in Thane, Navi Mumbai and Palghar because of the heavy rain. The IMD expects intermittent spells of rain across the city and suburbs until July 8, with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places. Occasional gusty winds reaching 60 to 70 kmph are very likely during this period. Maximum and minimum temperatures are expected to hover around 28 degrees Celsius and 25 degrees Celsius respectively. Given the conditions, the administration has repeatedly urged people to leave home only when absolutely necessary and to check the weather along with train and flight status before setting out.
