Mumbai Rain Forecast: The Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for some districts including Mumbai today. Orange alert has also been given in Thane, Raigarh, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts.
Mumbai: It was cloudy in most places in Mumbai on Tuesday morning, but there was no rain. After heavy rains last week, there has been a decrease in the intensity of rains in Mumbai since Sunday. In many parts of the city, after the cloud cover on Monday, the sun also blossomed for some time. Issuing an ‘orange’ alert for the Maharashtra capital and neighboring Thane and Raigad districts, the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Mumbai center has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on Tuesday.
The IMD Mumbai in its “District Forecast and Warning” on Monday afternoon issued an ‘Orange’ alert for Mumbai and predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in the next 24 hours, a BMC official said. According to the official, the Met department also issued an ‘Orange’ alert for Raigad and Thane, while a ‘Yellow’ alert for Palghar district. He further said that in the daily “Weather Forecast” of Tuesday morning, the Meteorological Department has predicted “moderate to heavy rain” in the next 24 hours.
How many millimeters of rain fell in 24 hours?
Mumbai and eastern and western suburbs received 30.81 mm, 55.78 mm and 55.20 mm of rain, respectively, in the 24-hour period that ended at 8 am on Tuesday. And there has been no information about water-logging anywhere in Mumbai on Tuesday.
train services remained normal
According to railway officials, train services remained normal in Central Railway and Western Railway. A BMC spokesperson said the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) bus services operated without any diversion. Let me tell you, people are facing problems due to rain in many parts of Maharashtra.
