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Moderate to heavy rain likely to occur in Mumbai today: BMC officials

As southwest monsoon advanced over Mumbai and heavy rainfall with lightning and thunderstorm lashed the city on Sunday, BMC officials have predicted moderate to heavy rainfall for Monday with a possibility of occasional intense spells."In the last 24 hours, Mumbai city received 31 mm of rainfall, Eastern Suburbs received 54 mm of rainfall & Western Suburbs received 59 mm of rainfall. Today moderate to heavy rain is likely to occur in the city and suburbs and there is a possibility of occasional intense spells," BMC officials said.A source from BMC's official data said, "Monsoon onset is declared in Mumbai but despite the rains of past 2 days, water level in Mumbai water supplying lakes is quite low. Today at 8 am lakes had only 6.57% of the useful content of live storage. In previous years the same level on 26th June was 9.34% in 2022 and 16.25% in 2021."Earlier on Sunday, the IMD said that the southwest monsoon is active now and has covered the whole of Maharashtra, it will ...

Mumbai suburbs receive moderate to heavy rains, more showers likely

Moderate to heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs in the last 24 hours and the weather department has predicted more showers over the next one day with a possibility of occasional intense rain spells, officials said on Monday. While train services were unaffected by rains in Mumbai, a technical glitch in the engine of a goods train affected services in the Karjat-Badlapur section of the suburban railway network, a Central Railway (CR) spokesperson said. Bus services of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport were normal and there was no diversion anywhere in the city, a BEST spokesperson said. On Sunday, the monsoon covered both Delhi and Mumbai together for the first time since June 21, 1961, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) earlier said. While it hit the national capital two days before schedule, its entry into the financial capital is two weeks late, the MeT office said. Mumbai city received moderate rainfall while the suburbs recorded heavy showers in the l

Rains lash parts of Mumbai, 'delayed' monsoon likely to set in today: IMD

Normally, the monsoon officially begins in Mumbai in the second week of the June

IMD predicts southwest monsoon arrival likely in Mumbai city in 72 hours

IMD expects that the southwest monsoon could reach Mumbai in 72 hours. IMD head, Anupam Kashyapi, explains the reason behind the delay.

Unseasonal rain in Mumbai; IMD says highest precipitation so far in April

Unseasonal rain coupled with lightning and thunderstorm lashed parts of Mumbai in the wee hours of Thursday, bringing some respite from the hot and humid weather in the city, civic officials said. In the last 24 hours, Mumbai recorded 14.8 mm rainfall, the highest precipitation so far in April, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The rainfall was a localised event and only western suburbs of the city received showers, IMD scientist Sushma Nair said. The Santacruz weather station received 14.8 mm of rainfall. This is the highest rainfall recorded in the city in April. Earlier, the all-time highest rainfall received by the city was 7.2 mm on April 22, 1974, Nair said. The Colaba weather station, which covers the island city, did not record any rainfall, she said. The city witnessed heavy showers with lightning and thunder between 1 am to 2 am, civic officials said. The Malwani fire station and Goregaon recorded 21 mm rainfall each, Borivali fire station 19 mm, HBT Traum

Heavy overnight rain in Mumbai; IMD forecasts cloudy sky, moderate showers

Heavy overnight showers in Mumbai caused water-logging in some low lying areas, but the water receded after the rain intensity reduced on Wednesday morning, civic officials said. Trains and buses were running normally in the city, they said. Some parts of the city witnessed clear sky and sunlight for a brief period in the morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted generally cloudy sky and moderate rain in the city and suburbs in the next 24 hours. There is also a possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places, it said. There will be a high tide of 4.18 metres in the Arabian Sea here at 2.12 pm, civic officials said. The city received heavy downpour during the night. This caused inundation in some low lying areas like Sion, but the problem did not persist for long as the water receded after the rain intensity reduced in the morning, they said. In the 24-hour period till 8 am on Wednesday, the island city received 41.20 mm rainfall, while the

Several parts of Mumbai face waterlogging after heavy rains lash city

The heavy rains threw life out of gear in Mumbai's Sion area

Localised showers lash Mumbai's suburbs as city get rains after 3 weeks

Localised thundershowers on Sunday lashed western suburbs of Mumbai, as the city witnessed rains after a gap of nearly three weeks. According to officials of the India Meteorological Department (IMD), such localised rain due to intense heat is a common phenomenon during this time. After the first week of August, Mumbai did not receive showers. There were occasional drizzles, but too less to be recorded, an IMD official said. "On Sunday morning, rains lashed only the western suburbs, that too north of Bandra till Borivali. The showers were intense in some pockets. Colaba in south Mumbai and the eastern suburbs hardly received any showers compared to the western suburbs. Such type of localised showers are not part of the southwest monsoon rains, the official said. Between 8.30 am on Saturday and 5.30 am on Sunday, the Santacruz observatory, which is representative of the western suburbs, recorded only 13.8 mm rainfall. "When the southwest monsoon is weak, intense heat could lead to

Maharashtra govt to form policy for desilting rivers to prevent floods: CM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday announced formation of a comprehensive policy for desilting rivers in the state to prevent floods. He was speaking in the Maharashtra Assembly to a question raised by BJP member Sunil Rane on some rivers flooding earlier than expected and causing major damages. Shinde said, The Maharashtra government is forming a comprehensive policy for desilting of all rivers in the state. It would work as a guideline for the implementing authority to take necessary steps to clean and desilt the river beds. Meanwhile, to a question by some members on satellite phones, minister Abdul Sattar said in the House that the previous state government had bought satellite phones at a rate of Rs 1,70,000 per unit, when similar phones are available at Rs 80,000 per unit. "The previous government in Maharashtra bought six satellite phones given to (authorities in) Ratnagiri district, which was severely hit by excess rains last year. The regular phone netwo

Mumbai: MeT dept predicts occasional intense showers in next 24 hrs

Mumbai witnessed heavy showers on Tuesday as the rain intensity increased in the city after a gap of a few days, although no major water-logging was reported, heavy spell for next 24 hrs is predicted.

Mumbai gets light showers in morning, IMD predicts moderate rainfall

Most parts of Mumbai received light rains with occasional spells of moderate to heavy showers on Friday morning, but there was no report of waterlogging in any low-lying areas of the city

Moderate rain in Mumbai; IMD forecasts more showers with strong wind

Mumbai and its suburbs witnessed moderate rains in the last one day and the India Meteorological Department has Mumbai has predicted more moderate showers with strong wind over the next 24 hours.

Incessant rains in Mumbai; flooding in low-lying areas, road traffic hit

Some areas, including the Andheri subway, which connects the east and west parts of the suburb, were flooded and police had restricted its use by citizens

Moderate rain in Mumbai & neighbouring areas; IMD predicts more showers

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted moderate rainfall in the city and its suburbs over the next 24 hours, with a possibility of heavy showers at isolated places

Rains subside in Mumbai, transport services normal; IMD issues red alert

Even as Mumbaikars got some respite from the downpour, the IMD has issued a red alert for the city and its suburbs warning that very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall is likely

Heavy rain in Mumbai, neighbouring areas; IMD forecasts more showers

Mumbai and its adjoining areas witnessed heavy downpour on Tuesday morning, and the IMD has predicted moderate to heavy rain in Mumbai and its suburbs over the next 24 hours

First heavy rains of season hit trains and bus services in Mumbai

Trains and bus services in Mumbai were badly hit on Thursday evening as heavy rains lashed the city

In view of deficient June rains, BMC announces 10% water cut in Mumbai

Highlighting that the June rainfall has been about 70 per cent less than the average showers recorded during the month in the previous year, the BMC appealed to citizens to use water judiciously

IMD predicts heavy rain in Maharashtra, issues yellow alert for Mumbai

The IMD issued an Orange alert for rainfall in several parts of Maharashtra on Thursday and directed them to be prepared for the next 5 days

IMD issues orange alert for Mumbai; predicts very heavy rains till June 21

The orange-colour coded warning for heavy rains on June 20-21 was issued for the coastal districts of Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg, the IMD said.