Mumbai braces for more rains, orange alert issued; Delhi to see downpour this week
Mumbai was battered by overnight rains this weekend. Several areas of the city are flooded and the movement of local trains has also been impacted due to rains. The IMD has issued an orange alert for several parts of the city for Monday. Delhi too received moderate rains on Sunday. Light showers and overcast conditions prevailed in the national capital on Sunday. IMD has said that Delhi would see spells of rain till August 21.
New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued an orange alert for the second consecutive day for Mumbai. The alert comes 2 days after heavy showers battered the city. The rains led to severe water logging in several areas across Mumbai and disrupted normal life.
Rain alert for several parts of Mumbai
The orange alert is the third level in the weather department's four-tier warning system. The IMD issued the alert for Borivali, Thane, Kalyan, Mulund, Powai, Santa Cruz, Chembur, Worli, Navi Mumbai, and Colaba areas of the metropolitan. Other parts of Mumbai have been put on yellow alert.
On Monday, several parts of Mumbai are expected to receive 5 to 15 mm of rains per hour. Overcast conditions will prevail in the city accompanied by gusty winds. The rain intensity has reduced since Sunday, thus preventing more water logging. The city is now witnessing light spells of rain and occasional heavy rains.
On Sunday, the weather department had predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall with wind going up to 40 to 50 kilometers per hour. The wind went up to 60 kmph in some places in Mumbai. Thane, Raigad and Palghar districts.
Some parts of Mumbai received 200 mm rainfall, leading IMD to issue a red alert for the city on Saturday. The city was severely impacted with overnight rains, flooding several areas, impacting movement of local trains and inundating low-lying areas. A landslide was also reported from the Vikhroli Parksite area, which killed 2 people.
A yellow alert was sounded for Kohlapur, Amravati, Wardha and Nagpur on Saturday, A similar alert was issued on Monday for Nashik, Khandala, Bhimshankar Reserve, Pune, Mahabaleshwar, Kolhapur and Satara.
Rains likely in Delhi this week
Delhi saw light showers on Sunday, which helped bring down temperatures in the city. Safdarjung, the city’s base station, logged 1.2 mm of rainfall until 8:30 am on Sunday and another 0.2 mm by evening. The Ridge Observatory recorded 9.3 mm rainfall, while Pusa recorded 13 mm rainfall for the day.
While the maximum temperature in the city was 34.2 degrees Celsius, the minimum was 25.6 degrees Celsius, which was nearly 1 degree below normal. Humidity in the city fluctuated between 71 per cent to 97 per cent.
The Capital is expected to receive one or 2 spells of light rain or thundershowers in the morning on Monday and again in the evening. Similar conditions, with light rains and overcast skies are expected to prevail in Delhi till August 21. The city may receive slightly more rains on August 22 and August 23, said the IMD. While the maximum temperatures are expected to escalate between 32 to 35 degrees Celsius, the minimum temperatures can be between 23 degrees Celsius to 26 degrees Celsius.