Mumbai rains: Dy CM Eknath Shinde blames early monsoon arrival, heavy rain in a short span

A weather official said that a low-pressure area is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday, bringing more rain to Odisha.

However, she said that there is no need to panic since no forecast for a cyclone has been made.

"A low pressure is likely to form around May 27. This will bring heavy rains to the state. But, there is no need to panic as the IMD has not made any forecast regarding a cyclone," said Manorama Mohanty, the director of the Meteorological Centre in Bhubaneswar.

She said Odisha will witness intensified rainfall activities in the coming week. But, the IMD has not yet given a date on the arrival of southwest monsoon to the state.

"It will arrive in Odisha only after it covers the entire Northeast and the southern peninsula," she added.

According to IMD's Nowcast warning issued at 10am, thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and intense spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 50-60 kmph are very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai and Raigad during next 3-4 hours.

A red alert has been issued for Kerala's Wayanad along with several other districts. The region witnessed heavy rain on Monday morning.

Mumbai rain: Heavy rain lashed Mumbai early on Monday, resulting in poor visibility and slower traffic movement. Here are some visuals from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus.

The heavy rainfall and thunderstorm resulted in power visibility in several parts of the city, delaying the suburban services on the Central and Western Railway.

A spokesperson of the Central Railway said, "Suburban trains are delayed by eight to 10 minutes because of reduced speed on account of low visibility due to incessant downpour."

Meanwhile, a spokesperson of the Western Railway said that the suburban services were running normally on its corridor but, some passengers have complained about delays on social media.

Mumbai's Monday morning opened with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds, slowing down traffic and affecting suburban rail services in several parts of the city.

IMD issued a warning of thunderstorms, heavy rains, and gusty winds for Dadar, Mahim, Parel, Bandra, Kalachowki and several other parts of the city.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, no major waterlogging was reported anywhere in the city and suburbs.

Delhi woke up to light rain on Monday morning, with the weather department sounding an orange alert for the capital city.

As per IMD, parts of the capital received light showers early on Monday, with the minimum temperature dropping to 25.2 degrees Celsius, 1.4 degrees below the seasonal average.

An orange alert is indicative that residents should remain vigil and ready for potentially disruptive weather.

Tamil Nadu rain: A 15-year-old boy from Kerala lost his life on Sunday after a tree fell on him amid strong winds and heavy rainfall in the 8th mile near Ooty in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district.

The incident took place when the boy was on a sightseeing trip with his family.

Heavy rainfall lashed parts of Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris district on Sunday as the southwest monsoon made an early arrival in India.

The weather department forecast "isolated heavy to very heavy rain with extremely heavy rain" at one or two places over Nilgiris and Ghat areas of Coimbatore districts on May 26.

Uttar Pradesh continued to experience hot weather conditions even as some western districts received strong winds and rainfall on Sunday, the local weather office said.

The maximum temperature in several parts of the state was near the 40-degree Celsius mark.

Meanwhile, parts of western UP received heavy rainfall and strong winds, uprooting trees and snapping electric poles in many districts. Of these, Muzaffarnagar district recorded the highest rainfall in the past 24 hours at 14 mm, followed by Prayagraj (8.4 mm), Bareilly (4.9 mm), Shahjahanpur (1.8 mm), and Sultanpur (0.9 mm).

According to IMD, following heavy rainfall and thunderstorms on Sunday, Delhi recorded its wettest May ever on record, since record-keeping began in 1901.

The month's cumulative rainfall touched 186.4 mm, overtaking the previous all-time record of 165 mm, which was set in May 2008.

The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) deployed specialized teams on an urgent basis to Baramati and Indapur tehsils in Pune on Sunday, after heavy rainfall caused flood-like situation in several areas.

Officials said that Baramati tehsil received 83.6 millimetres of rain during the day, while the figure was 35.7 mm for Indapur.

Pune (Rural) Superintendent of Police Sandip Singh Gill said that a stretch of Pune-Solapur highway near Indapur remained closed for about two hours due to waterlogging. However, traffic resumed after the water receded.

Kerala weather news: A holiday has been declared for all educational institutions in Thrissur, Wayanad, Kasaragod, Ernakulam, and Idukki districts of Kerala on Monday. The decision comes in the backdrop of heavy rain alert in the region. 

As many nine districts in Kerala are under orange alert on Monday as southwest monsoon arrived early in the state on the weekend.

The districts that are under orange alert are: Palakkad, Thrissur, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, and Thiruvananthapuram.

Kerala rain: The India Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for five districts in Kerala on Monday, including Kasaragod, Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, and Malappuram.

As heavy rain lashed Mumbai on Sunday night, several parts of the city reported waterlogging issues. 

Delhi weather today: The weather department has forecast thunderstorms with rain for the national capital on Monday. The minimum temperature in Delhi is likely to settle at 25 degrees Celsius, while the maximum is expected to be around 33 degrees Celsius.

Mumbai rain: The southwest monsoon arrives in Maharashtra on Sunday, making it the earliest onset of the annual rainy season over the state in 35 years, the IMD said.

The southwest monsoon is expected to advance to Mumbai and some other parts over the next three days, it added.

Previously, the southwest monsoon made an early onset over Maharashtra on May 20, 1990.

Mumbai rain today:Heavy rain battered Mumbai on Sunday night, causing waterlogging on major roads in the city. The India Meteorological Department has forecast a generally cloudy sky with heavy rain for the city on Monday, May 26.