Mumbai rains: IMD issues orange alert for state capital, Palghar and Thane

Mumbai rains

Mumbai is likely to witness a Saturday as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for the city on Friday evening, indicating heavy to very heavy rainfall. An orange alert was also issued for the regions of Thane, Palghar, Raigad and Ratnagiri till Sunday.

“The ongoing rain activity is due to a low-pressure system that has developed in the Bay of Bengal, leading to an interaction between dry and moist winds, causing heavy rainfall over the city,” an IMD official was quoted by Hindustan Times as saying.

The IMD station at Colaba recorded 12.4 mm of rainfall at Colaba station, while the Santacruz observatory recorded 7.1 mm of rain between 8 am to 5:30 pm on Friday.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s automatic weather stations, eastern suburbs recorded 24.86 mm of rainfall, 9 mm in the island city, and 7.15 mm in its western suburbs, HT reported.

As per the report, the weather bureau also forecasted that the intensity of the rainfall is expected to gradually subside from Sunday onwards.