A few places in Mumbai and neighbouring Thane may receive heavy rains on Saturday too, it said.
People from over 20 villages have been moved to safer areas
The south-west monsoon arrived in Mumbai and its neighbouring areas on Wednesday
The first rains of this year's monsoon season in Mumbai caused water-logging in various parts of the city
The south-west monsoon arrived in Mumbai and its neighbouring areas on Wednesday, the IMD announced as heavy rains lashed the country's financial capital and suburbs since early morning. Local train services from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji MaharajTerminus (CSMT) to neighbouring Thane and Vashi in Navi Mumbai were suspended due to water-logging on some railway tracks, officials said. Routes of some BEST buses run the city civic body's transport wing were also diverted, they said. A high tide of over four metres is expected around noon in the Arabian Sea, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. "It's monsoon arrival in Mumbai today," said Dr Jayanta Sarkar, head of the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Mumbai office. "GOOD NEWS. Onset of SW Monsoon declared over Mumbai Thane Palghar today 9th June. Monsoon line today passing frm Valsad(Gujarat), Nagpur in Maharashtra & then Bhadrachalam Tuni..Conditions r favourable for onset of monsoon in remaining parts of ...
Heavy rainfall lashed Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Wednesday with the advance of the monsoon in the state
Rains lashed Mumbai and its neighbouring areas on Tuesday morning, bringing respite from the sweltering heat, and the MeT department termed it as pre- monsoon showers.
Heavy rain warning in coastal Maha; CM asks officials to stay alert
Weather officials said above 10 centimetres of rains is expected on Sunday.
The Odisha government rushed a large contingent of rescue and relief teams to Balasore district bordering West Bengal on Monday
Collective efforts of all the stakeholders to deal with cyclone Yaas can ensure zero casualty: Goyal
India Meteorological Department on Wednesday issued an orange alert for Delhi, predicting 'heavy' to 'very heavy' rainfall in parts of the capital with winds gusting up to 60 kilometers per hour
Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg are the two districts
Pre-pandemic, the airport was handling close to 1,000 aircraft movements per day
The agency has warned of tidal waves of upto 3 meters hitting the coasts of Amreli, Gir Somnath, Diu and Bhavnagar of Gujarat
In neighbouring Kerala, several parts have witnessed heavy downpour causing water levels to rise in many dams across the state
The water level in many dams across Kerala showed a rising trend on Sunday even as cyclone Tauktae moved away from the state's coast after wreaking havoc.
The cyclone is likely to move north-north-westwards and cross Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Naliya around afternoon or evening of May 18.
The deep depression over the Arabian Sea has intensified into cyclonic storm Tauktae
Incessant rains and strong winds continue to lash the state on Saturday