Heavy rain in Mumbai and neighbouring areas since Wednesday morning
Mumbai has been pummeled by incessant rain since Wednesday morning. The weather office has warned of heavy rain in the next 24 hours in the city. The neighbouring areas of Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri will also see heavy downpour today and tomorrow, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
"Mumbai and the western suburbs and parts of Thane received more than 60 mm rainfall in last six hours...," KS Hosalikar, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, IMD, Mumbai said in a tweet. Mr Hosalikar added that northern Konkan, Raigad, Thane, Mumbai and Palghar, parts of south Gujarat are "very likely to receive intermittent intense spells of rain".
A warning for very heavy rainfall has been issued for Raigad, Nashik and Pune, an IMD official told news agency Press Trust of India. Other parts of Maharashtra will also receive light to moderate showers, he added.
According to the latest weather bulletin from IMD, very heavy rain is expected in Konkan and Goa from August 13-15. Severe thunderstorms are very likely at places in east Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh during the next 24 hours.
Parts of Madhya Pradesh were also flooded after heavy rain today. Continuous rainfall for over three hours has inundated parts of Satna.
This year, rainfall is likely to be normal in the second half of the four-month monsoon season, the IMD said.