Heavy overnight rain lashes Pune; IMD issues red alert as monsoon withdrawal begins in Maharashtra

New Delhi: Pune and several parts of Maharashtra experienced heavy overnight rainfall on Sunday. The intense downpour in Pune was marked by "crackling lightning." It led the IMD to issue a red alert for the city and nearby districts such as Solapur and Ahmednagar early Monday.

Videos surfaced on the social media platform "X" (formerly, Twitter) showing the skies over Pune lit up with intense lightning flashes late into the night. Users described the spectacle as "the heaviest rains of the season." Some netizens also expressed concerns about flooding on Monday morning.

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According to IMD, the southwest monsoon began its retreat from parts of Rajasthan on Sunday, three days earlier than usual. However, conditions are now favourable for further withdrawal over Punjab and Gujarat in the coming days. Normally, the monsoon withdraws by September 17; however, this year, both the onset and retreat have been ahead of schedule. 

In Maharashtra, however, the weather bureau has forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall across Vidarbha, Marathwada, Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan, and Goa over the next three or four days that is driven by a low-pressure area over north Telangana and Vidarbha. 

On Saturday, Konkan and Goa, as well as Marathwada, recorded 120-200 mm of rainfall while Madhya Maharashtra, East Madhya Pradesh, and other pockets received 70-110 mm. IMD has cautioned of possible extensive damage in northeast Maharashtra due to the expected downpour.

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In Pune, three of the four dams supplying water, Varasgaon, Panshet and Temgha received fresh inflows, with the total storage now at 29.09 TMC, nearly 98% of capacity, according to a Times of India report.

Meanwhile, IMD has also placed Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Nashik, Palghar, Jalna and Nagpur under varying levels of alert from yellow and orange. It has also warned of thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds upto 40 kmph.