Mumbai gets severe rain on Janmashtami, and additional precipitation is expected over the next three days.
Mumbai is seeing severe rains in many areas since Thursday morning.
Mumbai rains: The country is celebrating Janmashtami, and the city well-known for its joyous celebration and legendary Dahi-Handi activities is being hammered by torrential downpour. Since Thursday morning, there have been significant downpours in many areas of the financial capital. Rainfall is expected to continue to increase today and over the next two to three days, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
In the past, neither Mumbai nor Thane had received any alerts. For the surrounding districts of Raigad and Ratnagiri, a "yellow" alert was issued on Thursday. Till Sunday, Mumbai and Thane are predicted to have severe rains, according to the forecast agency.
In the upcoming twenty-four hours, Mumbai's city and suburbs are expected to have light to moderate rainfall, according to IMD's most recent local weather forecast. Between 32 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius are the possible maximum and lowest temperatures in the city.
Starting on Thursday, the city is expected to experience heavy rain. In Maharashtra, there will likely be a lot of rain, notably in the North Konkan, South Konkan, Goa, North Central Maharashtra, etc.
Climate in Mumbai
Rains made a brief comeback in Mumbai on Thursday after nearly a month, providing much-needed relief from the soaring temperatures.
Since the early hours of the day, the city has seen moderate to heavy rain. The next 24 hours are expected to see mild to moderate rain across the city and suburbs, according to the weather authority.
However, the showers also had an impact on traffic on the roads of Mumbai. Because of the weather, drivers reported that traffic had slowed down. In the suburbs, there is significant congestion at some intersections of arterial routes.
After a lengthy period without rain, vehicle users said that city roads have turned slick and that they have seen a few instances of two-wheelers and four-wheelers straying off the road after applying the brakes.
There will be "light to moderate rain in the city and suburbs" over the course of the next 24 hours, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) Mumbai, a civic official said.
In the last 24 hours ending at 8 am, the island city, eastern suburbs, and western suburbs, respectively, received 8.11 mm, 15.87 mm, and 12.45 mm of rainfall, according to the official.
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