Schools, colleges in Mumbai to remain closed today due to heavy rains, announces BMC

Amid worsening conditions in Mumbai, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on late Wednesday announced all schools and colleges will remain closed on September 26.

"The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a Red Alert for Mumbai, till tomorrow morning 8.30am.In view of this, all schools and colleges in Mumbai have been declared a holiday for tomorrow Thursday, 26 September 2024, in consideration of the safety of students," said BMC in statement.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday had issued a red alert warning for Mumbai, Maharashtra till September 26, 8:30 am.


Meanwhile, latest visuals which surfaced on Thursday show that it has stopped raining in some parts of the city and local train services have resumed too.

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IMD forecasted thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and intense spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai, Palghar, Nandurbar, Dhule, Jalgaon, Solapur & Satara during the next few hours.


Earlier in the day, IMD issued a red alert for Thane, Palghar, Raigad districts while for Ratnagiri district on September 26.

On September 25, in its daily weather bulletin for the nation, IMD predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Konkan & Goa, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, East Madhya Pradesh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Marathwada, Coastal Karnataka, Bihar; Heavy rainfall at isolated places over Rayalaseema, Gujarat Region, Chhattisgarh, West Madhya Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Madhya Maharashtra, Interior Karnataka & Telangana.

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Flight operations affected:
As heavy rains lashed the financial capital of India, flight operations at Mumbai airport were disrupted with seven forced to go-arounds and two flight diversions reported till 8 pm.

Officials said two flights were diverted and seven flights had to make a go-around at Mumbai airport due to inclement weather. Traffic on roads also crawled while local trains ran behind schedule.

Due to the worsening weather conditions, Spicejet issued an advisory for the passengers looking to depart or arrive at the Mumbai airport.