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Monday, 30 June 2025 () According to information from IMD, since the onset of the monsoon, the Colaba observatory has recorded 591.4 mm of rainfall, amounting to 28.23 per cent of its annual average of 2095 mm. The Santacruz observatory has recorded 511.2 mm of rainfall, amounting to 22.04 per cent of its annual average of 2319 mm, according to data...
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has projected that Mumbai will receive 106% above the Long Period Average (LPA) rainfall for July 2025, indicating a significantly wetter month than usual for the city. Weather Alerts in Place The IMD has issued weather alerts across Mumbai and neighboring districts: Yellow Alert has been issued for Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar districts, warning of heavy rainfall at isolated locations through Thursday. Additional yellow alerts are in effect for the upcoming weekend (July 6-7). Orange Alert has been declared for Raigad and Ratnagiri, forecasting heav ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) YouTuber Samay Raina appeared before the National Commission for Women (NCW) in Delhi on Tuesday, months after he was summoned in connection with allegedly offensive and sexist content aired during his show "India's Got Latent", officials said. Raina was also among the five social media influencers who appeared before the Supreme Court in a case seeking action against them for ridiculing persons suffering from disabilities. Raina submitted his statement in response to the allegations to NCW officials. Officials said further steps will be considered after reviewing his ...Read More >
Mumbai, March 31: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued warnings of lightning, hail, and thunderstorms in the state for a period of five days starting from March 30. The Madhya Maharashtra region is expected to be hit the most. In the wake of the change in weather conditions, the state government on Tuesday issued an advisory for citizens in terms of safety, for farmers, and administrative measures, which includes that work at construction sites should be temporarily stopped, and travel destinations and large gatherings should be immediately suspended. Orange and yellow alerts ...Read More >
Meteorologists attribute the change to a combination of atmospheric systems After days of relentless heat that saw the city grapple with sweltering conditions and multiple heatwave warnings, residents of Mumbai are likely to get some relief as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasts a shift in weather in the coming week. The meteorological department has predicted light rain and isolated thundershowers over the city and suburbs beginning Tuesday, March 31, extending into early April ...Read More >
Itanagar, Jun 7 (PTI) The flood situation in Arunachal Pradesh improved on Saturday with water levels of most rivers receding, even as 33,000 people in 24 districts remained affected, officials said. Twelve people lost their lives and one person went missing in rain-related incidents, including landslides, after the monsoon set in, they said. In its daily report, the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said 33,200 people in 215 villages remained affected due to floods and landslides in the state. The water levels of most major rivers and their tributaries were showing a receding trend o ...Read More >
Mumbai weather: The city witnessed cloudy skies and scattered showers on Saturday, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue a red alert (extremely heavy rainfall) for three hours in the afternoon. The alert, which was announced at 3pm, was later downgraded to yellow (moderate to heavy rain) as rainfall remained marginal across the city. The yellow alert remained in place until 8:30am on Sunday. According to the IMD, the temporary escalation of the alert was due to a trough extending across Karnataka and Vidarbha. The interaction between moist and dry winds created conditio ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 7 (UNI) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has extended rainfall alerts across coastal Maharashtra through July 9, maintaining a yellow alert for Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar districts with forecasts of heavy showers and gusty winds reaching 50-60 kmph in isolated areas. Concurrently, Raigad and Ratnagiri districts remain under orange alert for very heavy downpours. The weather system, driven by cyclonic circulation over Madhya Pradesh, will bring thunderstorms and strong winds to Konkan and ghat regions of Madhya Maharashtra. Current conditions show Mumbai experiencing lig ...Read More >
* Heavy rain caused waterlogging and traffic chaos in Mumbai on August 18 * IMD issued a red alert for extremely heavy rainfall in Mumbai on the same day * Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation declared a holiday for all schools in the afternoon Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode Mumbai Rain Alert: Heavy rain battered parts of Mumbai on Monday (August 18), with the city struggling with waterlogging in several areas and traffic chaos. The India Meteorological Department ...Read More >
Nashik: Heavy rains lashed Ahilyangar city and parts of the district late on Saturday night and in the early hours of Sunday. Ahilyangar city received 76 mm of rainfall in the last 12 hours between 8.30pm on Saturday and 8.30am on Sunday. Rahata and Newasa talukas received 150 mm and 119 mm of rainfall, respectively, in the last 24 hours up to 8.30am on Sunday. Shevgaon taluka received 89 mm of rainfall, while Kopargaon and Shrirampur talukas received over 100 mm of rainfall during the last 24 ho ...Read More >
Mumbai: As June drew to a close, rainfall readings from the city's two main weather observatories painted a contrasting picture. While the Colaba observatory of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded 592 mm of rain -- exceeding its monthly average of 542.3 mm -- Santacruz fell slightly short, logging 512.7 mm against an average of 537.1 mm.The shortfall of rainfall in the suburbs, although marginal, came even as the city experienced its earliest onset of the southwest monsoon on May 26.Despite the shortfall in the suburbs, weather officials expect the monsoon momentum to continue. ...Read More >
Guwahati, Jul 15 (PTI) Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi will visit Assam on Wednesday during which they will interact with party functionaries of the state. State Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi said the district, block and mandal presidents of the party will be able to present their views before its top leadership during Kharge and Gandhi's visit. Also Read | Did Lucknow Court Judge Take Selfie With Rahul Gandhi During Hearing of Indian Army 'Defamation' Case? BJP's Amit Malviya Found Fake in Fact Check. "I look forward to welcoming Shri ...Read More >
Raigad district has been issued an orange alert with the possibility of very heavy showers on Sunday and Monday. While September often sees retreating showers, this year's monsoon continues to remain active across Konkan and Mumbai. Mumbai's brief dry spell came to an end on Saturday as rhe city woke up to overcast skies as several pockets experienced light to moderate rainfall. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Santacruz observatory recorded 7.2 mm of rainfall, while t ...Read More >
Mumbai, Sept 15 (PTI) Intermittent rains since midnight inundated several areas across Mumbai, affecting traffic on roads and local train as well as monorail services on Monday. Amid rains, a monorail train came to an abrupt halt on tracks between the Antop Hill Bus Depot and GTBN station in Wadala due to a "technical snag", following which all 17 passengers onboard were rescued, officials said, adding that it was the second such incident in less than a month. The rain activity reduced in the afternoon. In the last 24 hours, the Colaba observatory in south Mumbai recorded 134.4 mm rainfall, ...Read More >
Mumbai: The light to moderate rains that hit the city on Monday night intensified on Tuesday morning, leading to Nowcast alerts by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and ultimately placing the city under Orange Alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall until Wednesday, 8.30 am. Although the rains stopped later in the city, the heavy downpour in the morning resulted in waterlogging in several low-lying areas and commuters stranded. Notably, there was no weather warning issued for Tuesday by the IMD and the sudden intense rain spells took Mumbaikars by surprise. The suburbs received more i ...Read More >
MUMBAI: An intense overnight spell of rain lashed parts of Mumbai suburbs between Saturday night and Sunday morning, with the Santacruz IMD observatory recording 87 mm of rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on September 14. Of this, 61 mm fell in just three hours between 11.30 pm and 2.30 am (September 13-14). However, the rain activity wasn't even across the city at all, as even though the IMD Santacruz observatory recorded 87 mm of rain in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Sunday, parts like Colaba and Byculla recorded 19.4 mm and 15.5 mm, respectively.The intense but isolated r ...Read More >
Mumbai: The city has been lashed by three consecutive days of heavy rain, leaving residents grappling with waterlogged streets, endless traffic snarls and deteriorating road conditions. On Thursday evening, the Western Express Highway (WEH) witnessed massive traffic chaos, particularly on the Vakola bridge stretch between Bandra and Andheri, where vehicles came to a complete standstill for hours. Commuters described the situation as nightmarish, with cars and two-wheelers inching forward at a snail's pace, while public buses struggled to stay on schedule. The persistent downpour has turned al ...Read More >
Mumbai: Upset by the city police's alleged pressure to remove loudspeakers from mosques, some mosques in the city have found a solution through the introduction of a dedicated mobile Azaan app to relay call to prayers five times a day, directly to the worshippers.Globally, Muslim citizens, including those in the US, the UK, Saudi Arabia and UAE, use Azaan apps to get notification for Azaan time for the masjid located in specific areas.Developed by a group of volunteers in Tamil Nadu , the online azaan app has been in use in TN for over three years. "Most people go out to work and their place o ...Read More >
Mumbai, Jul 15 (PTI) Heavy rains lashed several parts of Mumbai on Tuesday, causing waterlogging in some areas. The suburbs received more rainfall compared to the island city, civic officials said. While the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Colaba weather station in south Mumbai recorded 4.4 mm of rainfall, Santacruz in western suburbs recorded 54.2 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm. The island city, eastern suburbs, and western suburbs recorded average rainfall of 7.01 mm, 42.74 mm and 31.45 mm, respectively, between 8 am and 6 pm. The automatic rain gauges in civic school ...Read More >
The downpour has already disrupted travel, with airlines advising passengers to account for slower traffic and potential flight delays Mumbai and its neighbouring districts are grappling with heavy rainfall as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued an orange alert for the city on Tuesday, warning residents to steer clear of coastal and low-lying areas. Thane and Pune were also placed under an orange alert, while Raigad faced a red alert and Palghar a yellow alert, according to a News18 ...Read More >
Sydney's wettest August in 27 years has tipped the city's recent climate into uncharted territory. Analysing the complete weather history at Observatory Hill dating back to 1858 reveals rainfall during the past six years has been the highest on record. Since January 2020, the city has collected more than 9,300 millimetres -- beating the old record of 9,120mm from 1985 to 1990. Considering heavy rain will continue this week and more than four months remain in 2025, the record total will surge e ...Read More >
Mumbai Rain: The water-filled potholes further worsened the road traffic conditions. Mumbai: Incessant rains and water-logging slowed down traffic in Mumbai on Monday morning, with the IMD issuing a 'red alert', predicting very heavy showers in the city and neighbouring areas over the next few hours. After heavy rains overnight and in the morning, commuters complained of water accumulation on tracks at Dadar, Kurla and Bandra railway stations, and local trains running late by 10 to 15 minutes. Spokespersons of the Western Railway and the Central Railway, however, said their suburban servic ...Read More >
Mumbai: Mumbai and its neighbouring districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad were lashed with intense rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms from Sunday night, which continued till Monday noon. The low-lying areas were waterlogged and the roads were traffic-jammed. Due to the incessant downpour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) sounded a Nowcast Red Alert for the region on Monday morning, with the BMC and Mumbai Police issuing alerts for citizens' safety. Rainfall Crosses Annual Average in Mumbai With the intense rain spell, the total rainfall recorded at Mumbai's Santacruz observat ...Read More >
Gurgaon: The department of disaster management issued a cold wave advisory on Tuesday, which tasked the deputy commissioners of districts with setting up emergency centres and night shelters. The directive says that no person, whether homeless or otherwise, should sleep in the open for the next few days. Additionally, hospitals and health centres have been asked to prepare for cold-related illnesses. The advisory follows a 'yellow alert' issued by the Met department, warning of a potential cold ...Read More >
Mumbai was left sweltering on Thursday as maximum temperatures touched 36 degrees in the suburbs as well as island city division. After reeling under scorching heat throughout the day l, several pockets of Mumbai as well as neighbouring districts like Thane experienced rain activity on Thursday evening. Data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) showed [...] Mumbai was left sweltering on Thursday as maximum temperatures touched 36 degrees in the suburbs as well as island city division. ...Read More >
The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its five-day forecast issued on May 7 (Saturday) afternoon, has kept Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar districts under a yellow alert till 8.30 am on Sunday - indicating moderate to heavy rainfall to lash over the island city and suburbs. Meanwhile, the Raigad and Ratnagiri districts of coastal Maharashtra have been kept under a yellow alert for the next 48 hours. The weather bureau's forecast shows that no alert has been issued for Mumbai between June 8 (post 8.30 am) and June 11. Story continues below this ad The rainfall is happening mainly due to ...Read More >
Mumbai: One month into the monsoon season, Mumbai has registered just under a quarter of its annual rainfall, despite the southwest monsoon having now swept across the entire country ahead of schedule. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed that by June 29, the monsoon had covered the entire country, several days earlier than the forecasted timeline of early July. However, in Mumbai, the rainfall distribution has been both uneven and intermittent. As of now, the financial capital has received 502.05 mm of rainfall, amounting to nearly 24 per cent of its annual average. The easter ...Read More >
Mumbai Weather Alert: IMD Forecasts More Moderate to Heavy Rains, Thunderstorms for Next 4 Days. IndiGo Issues Travel Advisory Mumbai Rains:- People are in a bad condition due to the continuous heavy rains in Mumbai. Due to torrential rains in Mumbai and Thane on Tuesday, many areas in the region are waterlogged. People are facing numerous troubles due to heavy rainfall. Over the last few hours, heavy rains have caused havoc in various areas of Mumbai, including Vile Parle, Santacruz, Andheri, Khar, and Bandra. According to IMD, an alert has been issued due to moderate rainfall at some places ...Read More >
Mumbai faces severe waterlogging and traffic disruptions due to relentless heavy rain since Saturday. Areas like Gol Deul, Wadala, and Dadar TT are majorly affected. Mumbai has been reeling under the impact of relentless heavy rain since Saturday, with several roads closed for traffic. The torrential rains have nearly brought the city traffic to a standstill with several areas severely waterlogged. Mumbai Rain: Waterlogged Areas To Avoid Due to accumulation of water, traffic is moving slowly a ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 28 (PTI) A depression over the Arabian Sea brought unseasonal showers to Mumbai on Tuesday evening, with the weather department forecasting intermittent rainfall over the next 48 hours. The Colaba observatory recorded 11 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, while Santacruz observatory recorded no rainfall, an official from the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) said. The weather system over the Arabian Sea is expected to bring intermittent showers to the city over the next 48 hours, he said. "The depression over the Arabian Sea is influencing the coastal weather and has ...Read More >
Mumbai Weather: Mumbai woke up to another wet morning on Tuesday, as heavy rains pounded the city and its suburbs for the second consecutive day. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an Orange Alert for Mumbai, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall and advising residents to avoid flood-prone and low-lying areas. Several neighbouring districts were also placed under varying levels of weather alerts. Raigad and Mumbai Suburban were placed under a Red Alert for extremely heavy rainfall, while Thane and Pune were issued an Orange Alert. Palghar was under a Yellow Alert, indicati ...Read More >