Monday was off to a wet and slippery start for Mumbai as the city experienced heavy showers early in the morning. The rain, which had gone on a break for a few days, came back with a bang -- causing trouble for Mumbaikars once again.

Rains on Monday affected road and rail traffic and briefly disrupted operations at the Mumbai airport.

The suburban areas received around 20 mm rainfall in just three hours starting 8.30 am, an official at the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) centre said.

Here are the latest updates on Mumbai Rains:

2:19 pm: Flight operations have been severely hit due to heavy rain and poor visibility. Alhough there were no cancellations, at least three flights were diverted to other airports. Large parts of the city and suburbs, besides Palghar, Thane and Raigad, were lashed with heavy rain since early Monday morning. While road traffic was affected with snarls at various locations, suburban trains were working normally.

1.30 pm: According to the IMD, the deluge will continue with Mumbai witnessing heavy to very heavy rainfall for the next 24 hours. "Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely to occur at a few places with extremely falls at isolated places in the districts of Raigad & Palghar, and at a few places in the district of Mumbai & Thane, today," said the IMD bulletin.

The bulletin added that the heavy rains will continue over July 9 and 10.

1.22 pm: Mumbai rains caused water-logging on rail tracks at Ghatkopar, Kanjurmarg, Sion and other stations due to which local trains on the Central Line were running slow. Several local trains on the Central and Western lines were also cancelled due to flooding on the tracks, railway officials said.

Office-goers who commute by local trains, considered the lifeline of Mumbai, were hit hard due to the heavy downpour in the morning rush hour.

12.30 pm: Even bus services are hit as BEST diverted 37 bus routes at eight waterlogged locations, which are waterlogged, as rains continued at many places.

11.00 am: As Mumbaikars grappled with early morning showers, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) assured citizens that the situation will be back to normal soon. "Dear Mumbaikars, the city has experienced heavy rainfall in the last couple of hours, especially in the eastern suburb. We regret all the inconvenience that has showered along. But the intensity is on the decline now and our teams will try to pump out logged water as soon as possible."

10.10 am: The rain did not even spare aerial movement as flight operations were suspended for nearly 20 minutes at the busy Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. While no flights were cancelled, three were diverted due to low visibility.