Red Alert As Heavy Rain Lashes Mumbai, Colaba Receives 22 cm Rainfall

Heavy rain, accompanied by wind, lashed Mumbai and adjoining neighbouring areas today, leaving many low-lying areas in the financial capital waterlogged.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in Mumbai and adjoining coastal districts, and issued an orange alert for the next two days.

Cyclone - a familiar term in the eastern part of the country but for a reporter in Mumbai, an unknown. We, Mumbai reporters, are used to covering heavy rain, unrelenting rain, rain that floods entire cities.

"Between the two realms, we have the rain connecting us," Sutapa Sikdar wrote in her post, addressing Irrfan Khan.

Cyclone Nisarga and its accompanying rains seem to have had a positive impact on Mumbai's overall air quality index, which improved to 17 on Thursday, the best reading for this year as of now, an official said.

Coronavirus-hit Maharashtra reported at least four deaths linked to Cyclone Nisarga that made landfall in Raigad district's Alibaugh on Wednesday and weakened into a tropical depression overnight.

A cargo aircraft veered off the runway after landing in heavy rain at Mumbai airport as severe cyclonic storm Nisarga made landfall in the Maharashtra coast today. In visuals, the plane is seen coming to a stop on a wet runway and under heavy rain while its massive landing gears displace water with a strong force, creating jets of water to rise several metres from the...

Trees swayed in strong winds and many toppled over as Cyclone Nisarga hit Alibaug near Mumbai, bringing heavy rain and gusts.

Coronavirus-hit Mumbai has escaped the worst of the severe cyclonic storm Nisarga - the second to strike India in two weeks - with rain stopping and wind speeds reducing drastically. No damage was reported from the financial capital where movement of people was restricted in public places like beaches, parks and promenades along the coastline till Thursday afternoon. ...

As Cyclone Nisarga approached the Maharashtra coast on Wednesday, heavy rain, winds and high waves were seen at Alibaug near Mumbai, where landfall was expected.

Tropical storm Nisarga, which intensified into a "severe cyclonic storm" this morning, has made landfall near coronavirus-hit Mumbai. This is the second cyclone to strike India in two weeks and the first such storm to hit the financial capital in over 100 years. No one is allowed to come out in public places like beaches, parks and promenades along the Mumbai coastlin...

Nine districts in Maharashtra and Gujrat including Mumbai, Thane, Surat and Bhavnagar have been put on high alert by the Home Ministry as Cyclone Nisarga approaches. Cyclone Nisarga will make landfall along the Maharashtra coast on Wednesday with high wind speed ranging up to 100-110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph, and heavy rain and storm in Mumbai and other coastal areas ...

The low-pressure area developing over the Arabian sea is likely to intensify into a severe cyclone and cross the north Maharashtra and south Gujarat coasts on June 3, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said today. The cyclone will have an impact on state capital Mumbai when it crossesMaharashtra,it said.

Mumbai and some neighbouring areas experienced light rain with thunderstorm early Monday morning following the formation of a low-pressure area in the Arabian Sea.

Bharat Bandh tomorrow: Coal India's December production rose after five straight months of declines, the latter reflecting the heaviest monsoon rains in 25 years, strikes and protests.

Already at risk from rains, flooding and open sewers, slum-dwellers who live by the ocean in the Indian financial capital Mumbai are vulnerable to rising seas caused by global warming and say the government should help them move to safer locations.

Streets have been flooded in parts of Mumbai this morning after heavy rain through the night due to cyclonic storm Maha, which later dissipated as a "depression". Rail and road traffic and airport operations are not affected, officials said.

A sudden shower at an event in Mumbai prompted Union minister Nitin Gadkari to take a veiled dig at political opponents of the BJP against the backdrop of the recent poll outcome in his home state of Maharashtra.

Cyclone Kyarr, a tropical storm that formed in the Arabian Sea, is likely to cause heavy rain in coastal Karnataka, the weather office said on Saturday. The sea condition is "likely to be very rough along and off north Karnataka coast during the next 24 hours," it added.

Goa Weather Forecast: The weather department has also predicted heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places over coastal districts of Karnataka, Goa and south Konkan and isolated heavy rainfall over north Konkan today.

A red alert has been issued in Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka in the wake of heavy rains and forecast of possible formation of cyclone Kyarr along the coast in the next two days, official sources said today.

BJP President and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's helicopter made an emergency landing at Ozar Airport in Nashik, around 160 kilometers from Mumbai, due to heavy rains on Saturday, the last day of campaigning for the October 21 Maharashtra Assembly polls, an official said.

Nearly 1,900 people lost their lives and another 46 were reported missing this monsoon season in rains and floods which affected more than 25 lakh in 22 states, Union Home Ministry officials said on Friday.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted a thunderstorm in Mumbai and adjoining Thane and Raigad districts in the day.