Mumbai weather updates: Heavy rains lash Mumbai and suburbs; several areas waterlogged, traffic hit

Mumbai has been experiencing heavy rainfall as the southwest monsoon continues to progress after making an early onset over KeralaAccording to latest Mumbai weather updates the India Meteorological Department IMD on Monday morning issued a weather warning for Mumbai predicting thunderstorms accompanied by lightning intense rainfall spells and gusty winds reaching speeds of 50ndash60 kmph These conditions are likely to occur at isolated locations in the city over the next 3 to 4 hoursThunderstorm accompanied with lightning and intense spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 5060 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai during next 34 hours Take precautions while moving out IMD MUMBAImoesgoi ndmaindia airnewsalertshellip pictwittercomDX6MSo8UUmmdash India Meteorological Department Indiametdept May 26 2025According to latest Mumbai weather updates between 600 am and 700 am several areas in Mumbai recorded significant rainfall Nariman Point Fire Station registered 40 mm followed by Grant Road Eye Hospital with 36 mm and Memonwada Fire Station with 35 mm Other notable rainfall measurements included Colaba Fire Station 31 mm C Ward Office 35 mm and Byculla Fire Station 21 mmAs a result of the downpour waterlogging was reported in multiple areas across the city affecting vehicular movement and daily lifeHeavy rain lashed Mumbai late on Sunday prompting the IMD to issue orange and red alerts for several parts of the city and its suburbs The alerts warned of intense rainfall activity that could impact lowlying areas and infrastructureTaking to social media platform X the IMD wrote ldquoLight to moderate spell of rainfall is likely to continue over Mumbai and suburban areas during the next 3ndash4 hoursrdquoLight to moderate spell of rainfall is likley to continue over Mumbai and sub urban areas during next 34 hoursmoesgoi DDNewslive DDNewsHindi airnewsalerts ndmaindia WeatherAlert weatherupdate pictwittercomLA8874dKMbmdash India Meteorological Department Indiametdept May 25 2025In another update the department stated ldquoOrange to red colour warnings for moderate to heavy spells of rainfall with moderate thunderstorms and squally winds 50ndash60 kmph have been issued for Mumbai and its suburban areas during the next 3 hoursrdquoOrange to red colour warnings for moderate to heavy spells of rainfall with moderate thunderstorms with squally winds 5060 kmph issued for Mumbai and suburban areas during next 3 hoursmoesgoi DDNewslive DDNewsHindi airnewsalerts ndmaindia WeatherAlert WeatherUpdate pictwittercomKTEqKsf9w6mdash India Meteorological Department Indiametdept May 25 2025Meanwhile waterlogging was reported in several parts of Mumbai after heavy rainfallWATCH Maharashtra Waterlogging witnessed in parts of Mumbai following heavy rainfall Visuals from JJ flyover pictwittercom8JHDbHhDcLmdash ANI ANI May 25 2025Earlier on May 23 Mumbai had witnessed light showers with the IMD forecasting generally cloudy skies and the possibility of heavy rain ldquoThe city is likely to experience lsquogenerally cloudy sky with heavy rainrsquo todayrdquo the department had notedOn Sunday afternoon the IMD had also issued an orange alert for the districts of Raigad Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra indicating the likelihood of heavy to very heavy rainfall A yellow alert was issued for Mumbai Thane Palghar and nearby districtsAccording to the IMD the southwest monsoon has officially arrived in Maharashtra and is expected to advance to Mumbai and several other regions within the next three daysOn Sunday the monsoon further advanced into additional parts of the Arabian Sea Karnataka the entire state of Goa parts of Maharashtra the northern Bay of Bengal and parts of the Northeastern states including Mizoram Manipur and NagalandThe IMD reported ldquoThe northern limit of the monsoon now passes through Devgad Belagavi Haveri Mandya Dharmapuri Chennai Aizawl and KohimardquoIt added ldquoConditions are favourable for further advance into more parts of the central Arabian Sea additional regions of Maharashtra including Mumbai Karnataka including Bengaluru some areas of Andhra Pradesh the remaining parts of Tamil Nadu and more areas of the westcentral and northern Bay of Bengal as well as the Northeastern states over the next three daysrdquoIn Maharashtra particularly in the coastal Konkan belt and Mumbai heavy premonsoon showers have been observed over the past two daysThe southwest monsoon made landfall in Kerala on Saturday marking its earliest arrival over the Indian mainland since 2009 when it also arrived on May 23Typically the monsoon reaches Kerala by June 1 and covers the entire country by July 8 It begins to retreat from northwest India around September 17 and fully withdraws by October 15In Maharashtra the monsoon generally arrives around June 7 and reaches Mumbai by approximately June 11atOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params