Heavy rain in Mumbai hit visitors this night
Mumbai:
Heavy rain in Mumbai this night flooded many roads and led to some flight diversions. Autos moved slowly on the flooded roads, resulting in visitors jams in lots of components of the nation’s monetary capital. The Mumbai municipal company introduced vacation for faculties and faculties tomorrow.
SpiceJet, IndiGo and Vistara in posts on X mentioned some flights have been diverted.
Vistara mentioned flight No. UK534 from Hyderabad to Mumbai is returning to Hyderabad on account of unhealthy climate at Mumbai airport, and was anticipated to land in Hyderabad at 9.15 pm. One other flight, UK941, from Delhi to Mumbai has been diverted to Hyderabad and was anticipated to reach at 9.10 pm.
“As a consequence of unhealthy climate (heavy rain) in Mumbai, all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights might get affected. Passengers are requested to maintain a examine on their flight standing,” SpiceJet mentioned within the submit on X.
#WeatherUpdate: As a consequence of unhealthy climate (heavy rain) in Mumbai (BOM), all departures/arrivals and their consequential flights might get affected. Passengers are requested to maintain a examine on their flight standing by way of https://t.co/VkU7yLjrw0.
— SpiceJet (@flyspicejet) September 25, 2024
The climate workplace issued an alert for Mumbai and neighbouring districts, predicting “extraordinarily heavy rainfall”. The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has forecast extraordinarily heavy rain until Thursday morning.
A number of suburbs in Mumbai have been receiving important rain since afternoon as we speak, with Mulund and its environment experiencing the heaviest rainfall, flooding low-lying areas.
In Andheri, a lady fell into an open manhole and died. A search operation was launched and her physique was taken out.
The IMD’s 5.30 pm forecast mentioned it anticipated “extraordinarily heavy rainfall and thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds at remoted locations” in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri districts.
IMD scientist Sushma Nair mentioned a trough runs from north Konkan to south Bangladesh throughout a cyclonic circulation over south Chhattisgarh and its neighbourhood, extending to the center tropospheric stage tilting southwards with peak.
“This can result in pretty widespread to widespread gentle or average rainfall, and could be very possible over Konkan and Goa throughout the week,” she advised information company PTI.
