Eight weather stations in Mumbai are under red alert, Borivali, Santacruz, Powai, Mulund, Chembur, Worli, Colaba, and Alibag, for Monday.
Mumbai residents awoke to heavy rain and dark clouds. “Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and intense spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 50-60 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai during the next 3-4 hours,” stated officials from the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai, in their morning forecast at 8.13 a.m. Take precautions when you move.
“Light to moderate spell of rainfall is likely to continue over Mumbai and sub-urban areas during 3-4 hours,” the weather office on X announced around 3 a.m.
Around 12.40 a.m., the IMD issued orange to red alert warning for moderate to heavy spells of rainfall with moderate thunderstorms with squally winds 50 to 60 kmph for Mumbai and sub-urban areas.
According to the IMD, Monday’s weather will generally be cloudy with heavy rain, with a minimum temperature of 24 degrees Celsius and a maximum temperature of around 31 degrees Celsius. Borivali, Santacruz, Powai, Mulund, Chembur, Worli, Colaba, and Alibag are the eight weather stations in Mumbai that are currently under red alert. An orange alert has been issued for the weather stations in Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Kalyan.
NDRF officials on Monday said their teams are on alert in Mumbai.
Nariman Point received 40 millimeters of rain, Grant Road 36 millimeters, Bhendi Baaar Memonwada fire station 35 millimeters, Kalbadevi C Ward Office 35 millimeters, Colaba 31 millimeters, Umerkhadi B Ward Office 30 millimeters, Mandavi fire station 24 millimeters, Byculla 21 millimeters, Britannia Storm Water Station 18 millimeters, and Nair Hospital 14 milli Light rain recorded in both eastern and western suburbs.
As per Nowcast warnings, Raigad district is under red alert.
Suspension of train services in Mumbai
As of 10:25 a.m., suburban train services between Vadala Road and Chhatrapati Shivaj Maharaj Terminus on the Harbour line of the Central Railway were suspended due to heavy rain, and waterlogging was reported from a number of metro areas.
The highest precipitation, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), was recorded at Nariman Point Fire Station in the southern part of the city (104 millimeters), followed by A Ward Office (86 millimeters), Colaba pumping station (83 millimeters), and Municipal Head Office (80 millimeters) between 9 and 10 in the morning.
Suburban areas reported comparatively less rain, BMC officials added.
According to CR officials, waterlogging on the tracks at Masjid station impacted train services on the Harbour line.
According to CR Chief Public Relations Officer Swapnil Nila, services were operating normally in the slow corridor of the main line, but the fast corridor experienced a few signal and track changing point failures.
“Heavy waterlogging was also reported in the CSMT yard, affecting Up Through lines and sidings 308, 331, 347, and 231, disrupting train movements to and from platforms 5, 6, 7, 10 to 18,” he informed.
Waterlogging also occurred in several low-lying areas of the nation’s financial capital during a few hours of incessant rain.
A prolonged period of heavy rain fell on parts of Mumbai, particularly the island city, for a few hours despite the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) warnings of thunderstorms and gusty winds.
Tracks were inundated at Masjid, Byculla, Dadar, Matunga and Badlapur railway stations on Central Railway, delaying trains in the morning rush hours, leaving commuters distressed.
Western Railway said there was no waterlogging on its tracks and that trains were running normally, However, passengers complained of delays.