The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a warning of intense to very intense spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph at isolated places in Maharashtra's Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane and Palghar.

The agency has forecast moderate to heavy rain in Mumbai and suburbs for the next 24 hours with a possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in the city.

IMD has issued 'orange' alert for Mumbai and Thane while a 'red' alert has been issued for Palghar, Raigad, Nashik, Pune, Gondia, Gadchiroli and Chandrapur.

IMD had also issued notice of heavy rainfall this week in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Vidharbha, Gujarat, Konkan & Goa and Telangana due to low pressure in the Bay of Bengal, the Meteorological Department said on Monday.

(i) Well Marked Low Pressure Area lies over Northwest & adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal off Odisha and adjoining north Andhra Pradesh coasts. pic.twitter.com/m6fcG8jKw9

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) August 8, 2022Here are the weather update highlights

Significant Weather features dated 09.08.2022Under the influence of above systems:o Fairly widespread/widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls and thunderstorm/lightning very likely over Gangetic West Bengal during 09th-11th & 13th; Jharkhand on 10th, 11th & 13th; 1/10

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) August 9, 2022

Maharashtra

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As per IMD, intense to very intense rain with gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph very likely at isolated places in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Thane, Palghar till 10 am today. Orange alert for Mumbai & Thane today pic.twitter.com/znzyjw1hdQ— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2022

Mumbai and its suburbs on Tuesday morning reported heavy rainfall and strong winds leading to inundation in some low-lying areas. PTI reported that the local trains, considered as the lifeline of Mumbai, and bus services of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) were running with a delay of 5 to 15 minutes, they said.

IMD issued a red alert for north Konkan, north central Maharashtra, east and west Vidarbha, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall in the regions till August 12. The IMD has also issued an 'orange alert' for Marathwada, south central Maharashtra and south Konkan.

Authorities had to divert traffic through alternate routes due to flooding in low-lying areas like the Andheri subway. During the early hours of Tuesday morning, heavy rains and strong winds began to fall in the city.

Maharashtra | Vehicular movement gets disrupted in the Andheri subway as the logging of water reaches heights up to two feet: Mumbai Traffic Police pic.twitter.com/3QKlls4AyE

— ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2022

New Delhi

The capital city rose to 27.6 degrees Celsius on Tuesday and recorded a relative humidity of 81 percent earlier in the day, as per the IMD's data. MeT has forecast partly cloudy sky later in the day and a maximum temperature of around 36 degrees Celsius.

Odisha

Yesterday's Well Marked Low Pressure Area concentrated into a Depression and lay centered at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 9th Aug 2022, over coastal Odisha and neighborhood near Lat. 20.8N and Long. 85.6E, about 70 km north-northwest of Bhubaneswar(Odisha). pic.twitter.com/9dCHqyFdIs

— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) August 9, 2022

First Published:Aug 9, 2022 8:44 AM IST