Declaring the arrival of Southwest Monsoon on Wednesday over Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar, the MeT department had said that Mumbai will continue to experience heavy rainfall till June 15.
A man uses a plastic sheet as cover during heavy rainfall in Mumbai. Pic/Sameer Markande
As Mumbai and neighbouring areas witness heavy rainfall leading to water logging, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert with a forecast of heavy rain at isolated places in Mumbai and suburbs for the weekend.
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“Moderate to heavy rainfall in city and suburbs with the possibility of very heavy falls at isolated places for the next 48 hours,” IMD said.
WEATHER INFO-
— Regional Meteorological Center,Mumbai (@RMC_Mumbai) June 11, 2021
Nowcast warning issued at 0700 Hrs IST dated 11/06/2021 Moderate to intense spell of rain is likely to occur at isolated places in the district of Mumbai,Thane,Raigad during next 3 hours.
-IMD MUMBAI
Rainfall during past 15 minutes : pic.twitter.com/ScV75HXYrR
Declaring the arrival of Southwest Monsoon on Wednesday over Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar, the MeT department had said that Mumbai will continue to experience heavy rainfall till June 15.
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The weather office has also issued a warning for Palghar, Thane, and Raigad, stating that due to the strengthening of westerly winds along the west coast, in association with low pressure area (due to cyclonic circulation over Bay of Bengal), widespread rains with heavy go very heavy falls likely to continue in coastal Maharashtra from June 10-15.
Gm Mumbaikars,
— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) June 11, 2021
As expected Mumbai recd light to mid rains yesterday night in central part of Mumbai as observed at 7.30 am today.
Some parts of Thane,NM recd in same range.
Possibilities of mod showers nxt 2,3hrs especially towards central &city side as seen from satellite image. pic.twitter.com/gvanBFegXP
The Central Railways informed that the trains are running on all corridors.
Trains are running on all corridors.
— Central Railway (@Central_Railway) June 11, 2021
There is moderate to intense spell of rain forecast during next 3 hours with High Tide of 4.32m at 12.54pm.
Over the past 24 hours, IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded 231.3 mm rainfall, while the Colaba observatory recorded 85.8 mm rainfall. The Santacruz observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 26.4 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 23.4 degrees Celsius, while the Colaba observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 26.4 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 23 degrees Celsius.
#MumbaiRainsWithMidday | #MumbaiRains
— Mid Day (@mid_day) June 11, 2021
Water logging at #GandhiMarket at #KingsCircle in #Mumbai due to heavy rainfall.
Video/Pradeep Dhivar pic.twitter.com/e9M1Ots20K
Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed officials to inspect all manholes in the city, after a video of two women falling into an open drain amid heavy rainfall surfaced on social media.