The monsoons have officially arrived in India and many parts of the country have started experiencing rainfall. However, the Mumbaikars are having a mixed bag of emotions about the heavy rains lashing their city. Although the rain has provided relief from the scorching heat the torrential rain that lashed the city today and yesterday have brought waterlogging, train disruption and Government high alert. The netizens have been trending #MumbaiRains and #MumbaiRainLive since yesterday and updates on the situation in the city are being shared. However, there are umpteen numbers of memes and hilarious jokes as well as doing the rounds of social media.
In such a situation when the Government has declared a holiday and people have been asking for updates on the traffic and waterlogging situations in the city our Bollywood celebs have also been sharing updates and jokes. Amitabh Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Twinkle Khanna, Rakul Preet Singh all took to Twitter to share some updates about the rains and also have a good laugh about it. Sonam took to Twitter to ask about whether the Mumbai Airport was functional or not and got a reply from Rakul. Check out their exchange below:
No flights have taken off since last night .. m stuck at the airport
— Rakul Preet Singh (@Rakulpreet) July 2, 2019
On the other hand, Twinkle employed her sense of humour about not being able to take off for her London family vacation. Akshay Kumar, Twinkle and their daughter Nitara were clicked at Mumbai airport where they were supposed to take off for London but had to come back home after their flight did not take off as the airport was flooded as well. Check them out below:
The captain was better off commandeering a ship than an aircraft last night, planes skidding, runways flooded and we all sailed back home #DisableAirplaneMode
— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) July 2, 2019
T 3... Jalsa hote hue .. pic.twitter.com/PKSZuQm7ju
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) July 2, 2019
Mumbai received the heaviest rainfall, in a 24-hour period, in a decade. The weather office has sounded a red alert and warned of more heavy rain during the day.
(Source: Twitter)