Mumbai rains: Heavy rainfall overnight on Saturday and Sunday caused severe waterlogging across Mumbai, leading to extensive traffic jams. The Regional Meteorological Centre has issued a yellow alert for heavy to very heavy rains today in the city while an orange alert has been issued in Thane. For tomorrow, an orange alert has been issued in the Mumbai, Thane, Palghar in isolated placed tomorrow i.e. July 15.
Moreover, The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has forecasted the possibility of extremely heavy rainfall has also been predicted in isolated places. Occasional winds at a speed of 45 to 55 km per hour are also very likely. Further, the BMC also predicted a warning of 3.17 metres high tides at 5:22 a.m. and 3.52 metres high tides at 5: 14 p.m. Low Tides are predicted at 2.35 metres at 10: 47 a.m. and 1.60 metres at 11:57 p.m.
Budget carrier IndiGo also reported disruptions to flights due to air traffic congestion caused by the heavy rains in Mumbai. The airline asked passengers to check their flight statuses and contact the airline's ground team for assistance.
Taking to X, it wrote, “Due to air traffic congestion in Mumbai caused by heavy rains, departures and arrivals continue to be impacted. Ongoing air traffic congestion in Mumbai continue to impact flights. Stay updated on your flight status at http://bit.ly/3DNYJqj. For any immediate assistance, feel free to reach out to our on-ground team.”
As per Met department, heavy rains will continue to batter city till 17 July. A yellow alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall has been issued on 16 and 17 July.
Earlier, Mumbai's civic authorities requested residents to avoid going out unless necessary as the IMD issued an orange alert for the city, predicting heavy to very heavy rain. "The IMD has issued an orange alert (heavy to very heavy rain) for Mumbai. People are requested to avoid going out unless necessary," the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a statement on Saturday.
(With inputs from agencies)
