Mumbai Rains: IMD Predicts Heavy Downpour On Thursday, Issues 'Orange Alert'

Heavy rainfall lashed several parts of Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday, leading to flooding in many low-lying areas and traffic snarls on roads.

(Image: PTI)

As incessant rainfall continues to lash Mumbai and its nearby areas, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issues "orange alert" for the financial capital along with other areas including Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Satara, Amravati and Thane for Thursday. Meanwhile, the weather department also issued a "red alert" for Palghar, Nashik and Pune. 

Meanwhile, 10 people have died in the last 24 hours in Nagpur as IMD has issued more torrential rains next 3 days. Additionally, 20 people lost their lives and 19 were injured from June 1 to July 13 due to the rains in Nagpur. District administration has also informed that 88 animals were also killed due to heavy downpour in the city and around 293 houses were damaged.

Nagpur district collector has ordered a survey and people hve been instructed to evacuate flood-hit villages to safer places if needed. Health system has been set up across the city and snake bite prevention measures taken in every taluka. 

Heavy rainfall lashed several parts of Mumbai and its sub-urbs on Wednesday, leading to flooding in many low-lying areas and traffic snarls on roads, officials said. As per railways officials, local trains, considered as the lifeline of the metropolis, were largely unaffected on the Central Railway and Western Railway routes. The suburban services on the Harbour Line were running slow.

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. As per IMD, 20 locations in Mumbai received nearly 40 mm showers in six hours till 9.30 am on Wednesday.

“It is not a very high rainfall, but if it continues for some hours there could be water-logging on streets, further affecting the vehicular movement," an IMD official told news agency PTI.

The MeT department has predicted a wet spell for the state capital on Thursday. As per the IMD data, cumulative rainfall in Mumbai has already surpassed its average precipitation in the present monsoon season.

Water accumulated up to one feet at the Bandra-Worli Sea Link gate, due to which traffic movement was slow in Worli. A tree collapsed in Bandra-Kurla Complex area, following which traffic was diverted from there to the J B Junction.