Heavy Rains Lash Mumbai; Red and Orange Alerts Issued for Several Areas

Heavy Rains Lash Mumbai: Rain fury has taken over parts of Mumbai as the Nariman Point Automatic weather station has recorded 104 mm rainfall from 9 am to 10 am on Monday, signalling a cloudburst in South Mumbai.

The highest rainfall was recorded at Nariman Point (104 mm), followed by A Ward Office (86 mm), Colaba pumping station (83 mm), and Municipal Head Office (80 mm).

The India Meteorological Department issued a warning of thunderstorms, heavy rain, and gusty winds for Dadar, Mahim, Parel, Bandra, Kalachowki, and several other parts of the city.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, no major waterlogging was reported anywhere in the city or the suburban regions on Monday. However, flooding was witnessed in some of the low-lying areas in the city.

Early on Monday morning, around 3 am, the weather office took to X and said, "Light to moderate spell of rainfall is likely to continue over Mumbai and suburban areas during next 3-4 hours."

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The weather forecast for the day, as per IMD, is "generally cloudy sky with heavy rain". The minimum temperature on Monday is likely to settle at 24 degrees Celsius, while the maximum is expected to be around 31 degrees Celsius. The weekly weather prediction board for Mumbai showed rain being consistent for this entire week.

A Western Railway spokesperson said the suburban services were running normally on its corridor, but some passengers have complained about delays on social media.

The island city recorded an average rainfall of 58 mm, 19 mm in the eastern suburbs and 15 mm in the western suburbs in 24 hours, ending at 8 am.

A high tide is expected at 11.24 am at 4.75 metres and again at 11.09 pm at 4.17 metres, while a low tide is likely at 5.18 pm at 1.63 metres and 5.21 am on Tuesday at 0.04 metres, the BMC said.

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The IMD said heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to continue over west coast (Kerala, Karnataka, coastal Maharashtra and Goa) during the next seven days with a possibility of extremely heavy rainfall over Kerala today; coastal and ghat areas of Karnataka till May 27.

The IMD has sounded an Orange Alert for Delhi with a rain and thunderstorms forecast. Parts of the national capital received light showers early in the morning. It has been predicted that the maximum temperature could rise to around 35 degrees Celsius, still low for the time of the season.

The heavy rainfall and thunderstorm resulted in poor visibility in several parts of the city, delaying the suburban services on the Central and Western Railway.

A spokesperson of the Central Railway said, "Suburban trains are delayed by eight to 10 minutes because of reduced speed on account of low visibility due to incessant downpour."

Meanwhile, a spokesperson of the Western Railway said that the suburban services were running normally on its corridor, but some passengers have complained about delays on social media.

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