Weather updates: Mumbai receives heavy rain; orange alert in Thane and Raigad
Mumbai received heavy overnight rain, leading to severe waterlogging in various parts of the city on Sunday.
The busy Andheri subway was affected, while several areas, including the vicinity of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA), were inundated.
The Western Express highway, too, witnessed heavy traffic jams due to the intense downpour.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated that on Sunday morning, there will be intense showers in both Thane and Raigad districts.
“Intense spells of rain are very likely to occur at isolated places in Raigad and Thane during the next three to four hours,” IMD Mumbai said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) in the early hours of the day.
Earlier, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), the civic body of the country’s financial capital, appealed to people of the Maximum City to stay at home ‘unless necessary.’
“The IMD has issued an orange alert predicting heavy to very heavy rain. People must not leave home only if necessary,” the BMC noted in a statement on the previous day.
For Saturday, the orange alert was also issued for Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts in the Konkan region of Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, Mumbai, which has been witnessing heavy rain in the past few days, was lashed by showers on Saturday morning as well, causing waterlogging in the streets and traffic snarls on several roads in the city.
The maximum and minimum temperatures here are expected to be around 29 and 24 degrees Celsius, respectively, as per the weather department.