Mumbai rains highlights: Early arrival of monsoon to be blamed for mess, says Dy CM Eknath Shinde
Latest Mumbai rains highlights: Heavy rainfall battered Mumbai on Monday, affecting train and flight services and leaving several areas of the city waterlogged. Catch all the latest updates here
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Mumbai: Pedestrians wade through an inundated road amid rains, in Mumbai, Monday, May 26, 2025. (Photo: PTI)
Mumbai rains highlights: Mumbai experienced its second consecutive morning of rainfall on Tuesday, as light showers marked the city's unexpectedly premature southwest monsoon this year. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts intensifying precipitation throughout the day and has issued a red alert in select areas. Heavy downpour and gusty winds brought Dadar, Mahim, Parel, Bandra, Kalachowki and several other parts of the city to a halt on Monday. Visuals showed vehicles moving through the waterlogged streets of low-lying areas in Kurla, Sion, and Dadar.
The southwest monsoon arrived in Maharashtra earlier than it has in the past 35 years, leading to widespread waterlogging across Mumbai. Previously, the earliest monsoon onset was recorded on May 29 in 1956, 1962, and 1971; this year's arrival beat that by three days. According to IMD officials, the monsoon also reached Pune on Monday. Flight and train services were disrupted on Monday, prompting airlines like SpiceJet and Air India to advise passengers to confirm schedules before heading to the airport. The newly inaugurated Acharya Atre Chowk Metro station on Line 3, opened just two weeks ago, was flooded during the season's first major rainfall. As a safety measure, metro operations between Worli and Acharya Atre Chowk were halted. Commuters shared videos showing water cascading down station walls.
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More than 9,000 farmers, fishermen affected by unseasonal rains in Palghar
Unseasonal rainfall in the first week of May has affected more than 9,000 farmers and fishermen in Maharashtra's Palghar district, an official release by the district administration stated. A comprehensive relief proposal was sent to the government for financial assistance from the State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF).
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Heavy rainfall affects daily life in Kerala
A large number of houses located in low-lying areas were flooded in the northern Wayanad district.Officials said that an electric line fell upon the track in the Kozhikode-Areekode route following the uprooting of a huge tree.
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Monsoon LIVE update: IMD predicts moderate rain over several districts in Tamil Nadu
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Maharashtra rains LIVE update: 51-year-old woman dies after being struck by lightning
A 51-year-old woman named Sunanda Padwal was killed by lightning in Chatu Budruk village, Thane district. She was pronounced dead at Thane Civil Hospital.
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One dead in tree collapse incident in Mumbai
A 26-year-old man died and another person was injured in separate incidents of tree or branch collapses in Mumbai, as heavy rains hit the city over the past 24 hours, the civic body said on Tuesday morning. According to officials, Tejas Naik sustained serious injuries when a tree fell on him near Ganesh Maidan in Kannamwar Nagar, Vikhroli, around 8 pm on Monday. He was taken to Godrej Hospital, where doctors declared him dead.
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Mumbai rains LIVE: Belapur waterlogged following heavy rain
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Power outage in South Bombay
Power outage was reported in parts of Mumbai’s suburbs and parts of Napeansea Road on Monday. Both Adani electricity and Tata Power officials said there was “no major outage” in their supply areas.
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Early arrival of monsoon to be blamed for mess, says Dy CM Eknath Shinde
On Monday, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde stated that the early arrival of the southwest monsoon was to be blamed for the waterlogging of several areas in Mumbai.
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Early arrival of monsoon to be blamed for mess, says Eknath Shinde
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Monday said that the early arrival of the southwest monsoon and heavy rainfall in a very short period of time was to be blamed for the inundation of several areas in Mumbai.
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Mumbai rains LIVE update: High tides expected
The high tides are expected at 11:56 pm (4.88 meters) and 12:13 pm (4.18 meters), while low tides will occur at 6:13 pm (1.60 meters) and 6:05 am the next day (0.03 meters).
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First Published: May 27 2025 | 9:30 AM IST