Heavy rains bring Mumbai to a temporary halt; IMD issues yellow alert for two days

Heavy rains Tuesday night threw life out of gear in Mumbai. Several cases of waterlogging was reported from the city post the downpour. The rain intensity reduced on Wednesday morning and trains and buses were running normally.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'yellow' alert for Mumbai, and its adjoining Pune, Thane, Palghar and Raigad for the next two days. It has also issues an Orange alert for Raigad, Ratnagiri and Satara.

There will be a high tide of 4.18 metres in the Arabian Sea here at 2.12 pm, civic officials said.


The city received heavy downpour during the night. This caused inundation in some low lying areas like Sion, but the problem did not persist for long as the water receded after the rain intensity reduced in the morning.

In the 24-hour period till 8 am on Wednesday, the island city received 41.20 mm rainfall, while the eastern and western suburbs recorded 39.89 mm and 39.04 mm rainfall, respectively.

According to the Maharashtra State Disaster Situation Report Index, a total of 120 lives have been lost in the rain and flood-related incidents in Maharashtra since June 1 to August 12.

(Inputs from agencies)