Mumbai Wades Through Knee Deep Water, Monsoon To Bring Heavy Rainfall In THESE States

Mumbaikars again woke up to heavy rainfall along with thundering and lightning as the IMD has predicted heavy to very heavy rains in Maharashtra for the next four days.

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Mumbai: Heavy rain has been lashing Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra. Knee-deep water uprooted trees, power cuts, huge traffic jams are the visuals the Mumbaikars have been waking up to, and this is expected to continue till Sunday. 

The India Meteorological Department has forecast thunderstorms with lightning and moderate to intense spells of rain with gusty winds 30-40 kmph for the next three hours at isolated places in the districts of Palghar, Thane, Raigad, and Mumbai. The IMD advised taking precautions while moving out and asked residents to not stand near large trees.

The weather department has issued an orange alert for Mumbai for Saturday and a red alert for Sunday. Mumbai and Thane districts would “very likely receive heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places (on Saturday),” it has earlier said.

As Mumbai battles the heavy rain, IMD has also issued alerts for other states:

Madhya Pradesh: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued an orange alert, predicting heavy rains with thunderstorm in 11 districts of Madhya Pradesh, as southwest monsoon advanced into the state. Rains lashed large parts of the central state during the day, with Parasia area of Chhindwara receiving 90.1mm rainfall, the highest, in the last 24 hours, ending 8.30 am on Friday, senior meteorologist P K Saha of IMD Bhopal said.

After covering Jabalpur and Hoshangabad divisions, large parts of Indore and Shahdol divisions and parts of Bhopal and Sagar divisions, southwest monsoon is advancing to other parts of the state.

Uttar Pradesh: Thunderstorms with light to moderate intensity rain would occur over Kasganj, Bijnor, Deoband, Naziababad, Roorkee, Sharanpur, Chandpur, Amroha, Moradabad, Rampur, Sambhal, Chandausi, Bilari, Atrauli, and adjoining areas during the next 2 hours.

 IMD also said, "Odisha, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana to witness fairly widespread to widespread rainfall activity with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfalls."

Bihar and Uttarakhand, along with other parts of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to witness fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy fall over the next 4-5 days. The rest of northwest India will receive scattered to fairly widespread rainfall during June 11-14, with isolated heavy rainfall on June 12-13.