Heavy rain since morning has led to waterlogging in many parts of Mumbai which has been warned of more showers through the day. The city’s civic body has asked residents to “follow all necessary precautions and stay away from the shore”. The Met department has issued an ‘Orange’ alert for the city, warning of “heavy to very heavy” rainfall today.
An ‘Orange’ alert means local authorities should be “prepared”; a ‘Red’ alert indicates “immediate action.”
#IMDOrangeAlert@IndiaMetDept has issued warnings of heavy rains in the city and suburbs today.
BMC also said Citizens are requested to follow all necessary precautions, stay away from the shore and not venture into water logged areas
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has also forecast heavy rain for Thane, Palghar and other coastal districts of the Maharashtra.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted that Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar districts of Maharashtra are likely to receive heavy rainfall .
IMD predicted “heavy to very heavy” rainfall at a few places in these districts.
“Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar districts of Maharashtra today and heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places in the districts ,” said India Meteorological Centre, Mumbai.
According to the weather bureau, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand are very likely to receive moderate-to-severe thunderstorm and lightning over the next 24 hours.
Under the influence of strong lower level wind convergence along the west coast, isolated-heavy-to-very-heavy showers are seen over north-central Maharashtra, south Gujarat region and north Konkan till Thursday.
Isolated extremely heavy rainfall is seen over north central Maharashtra and north Konkan on Wednesday and over south Gujarat region on Thursday. The weather bureau has also issued an “orange” alert for heavy rainfall over central Maharashtra, Gujarat, Konkan, and Goa on Wednesday and Thursday.
