IMD issued heavy rainfall alert in Mumbai for next 24 hours

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a heavy rainfall alert for parts of Maharashtra. Heavy-to-very heavy rainfall is likely to continue in Mumbai over the next 24 hours. IMD issued heavy rainfall alert in Mumbai for next 24 hours.

Heavy rains had lashed Mumbai on Friday, as well, leading to waterlogging in several areas and disrupting vehicular traffic. Due to continuous rainfall in Mumbai for past 2-3 days, traffic jams,waterlogged roads, and delayed local trains have become a common problem for Mumbaikars.

Their woes are nowhere to end as IMD has predicted heavy rainfall in the upcoming days. The weather forecasting agency has issued orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, and Ratnagiri. Moreover, a red alert has been issued in Palghar district.

According to IMD data, the Santa Cruz observatory recorded 203 mm of rainfall, while the weather station at Colaba recorded 103 mm of rainfall in 24 hours till 8.30 am Saturday. As per the IMD forecast the intensity of rain will reduce on Sunday, but the city may receive heavy rainfall at isolated places. IMD said heavy rainfall over Konkan, Goa, ghat areas of Central Maharashtra and Gujarat is likely today.

As a low-pressure area lies over south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh and adjoining northwest and west central Bay of Bengal, coastal and south interior Karnataka on Sunday and coastal Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday are expected to get very heavy rainfall.

A cyclonic circulation laying over south Chhattisgarh and neighbourhood is expected to cause light-to-moderate fairly widespread showers in Kerala, Karnataka, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Yanam and Telangana in the coming five days. A fresh low-pressure area is likely to form over northwest and adjoining west central Bay of Bengal off south Odisha-north Andhra Pradesh coasts on Monday.

Under the influence of this, heavy-to-very heavy rainfall is forecast over Odisha on Tuesday and isolated heavy rainfall over sub-Himalaya West Bengal, Sikkim and Andaman and & Nicobar Islands from Saturday to Monday.

While light to moderate fairly widespread rain is likely over the northeast India, isolated heavy rainfall is expected over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura today and on Sunday, in Assam and Meghalaya from Saturday to Tuesday and over Arunachal Pradesh during Sunday-Tuesday.

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