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Mumbai on red alert for heavy rain; IMD downgrades alert for Thane, Raigad
As per the warnings issued for Monday, IMD Mumbai issued an orange alert for the capital city, which has now been upgraded to red.
A red alert remains active for Mumbai with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting heavy rain in the Maharashtra capital on Monday. The weather department had already issued an orange rain alert for Mumbai and neighbouring regions for Monday.
As per the latest IMD nowcast, a red alert remains active for extremely heavy rainfall in Mumbai. As per this warning - 'Intense to very intense spells of rain & thunderstorm accompanied with lightning with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph very likely" in Mumbai city and Mumbai suburban. Follow LIVE updates on Mumbai weather here.
Meanwhile, the rain alerts have been downgraded from red to orange for Thane and Raigad.
With this, an orange alert remains active for Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Pune and Ahmednagar. Meanwhile, the rest of the state remains on a yellow rain alert and light drizzle.
Heavy rainfall forecast for parts of Maharashtra
On Sunday night, the city of Pune was witness to heavy rain, triggering waterlogging woes and residents to call for a closure of public offices, schools and colleges on social media.
Early Monday morning, an orange alert was issued for Pune, Thane, Raigad, Mumbai, Satara, Latur and other regions of Maharashtra due to the IMD's warning of heavy rain over the state this week.
As per the IMD, “light to moderate rain/thunderstorm at many/some places with isolated heavy rainfall likely over Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra & Marathawada” is expected on September 16 and “very heavy rain falls over Konkan & Goa Madhya, Maharashtra & Marathawada” on September 15.
Due to the heavy rains in the state, traffic and morning commute has already been impacted. As per reports, a monorail came to a halt in the Wadala area of Mumbai due to technical glitches on Monday morning.
"The train heading to Wadala halted. Passengers were transferred to the train coming from Chembur. The Fire Brigade came later and started their operation. Monorail officials are saying that it was a supply issue. I urge the Govt to resolve this recurring issue," Rajesh Ananda Bhojane, Ward Councillor of Ward 175, Republican Party of India (Athawale), told news agency ANI.
Last month, amid the red alert for heavy rain in Mumbai, a similar incident occured where two monorails broke down due to power supply issues. Nearly 800 passgengers were rescued from the stranded monorails in a rescue operation which took nearly two to three hours.
