Mumbai rains | Local trains, metro services affected; IMD predicts more showers in next 24 hours

Road and rail traffic was disrupted in Mumbai after heavy rains battered the city on Monday morning, inundating several low-lying areas.

 

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted more showers in the next 24 hours.

 

The island city received an average rainfall of 95 mm, while the eastern and western suburbs recorded 58 and 75 mm rainfall, respectively, in 24 hours, ending at 8 am.

 

The suburban trains were running late on both the central and western railway routes.

 

The metro service on the Ghatkopar-Andheri-Versova line was briefly disrupted in the afternoon after a plastic sheet fell on overhead wires at Azad Nagar station.

 

"The services are running normally now. Due to heavy winds, a plastic sheet from a nearby construction site flew onto the overhead electrical line near the Azad Nagar Metro station, disrupting train services," Mumbai Metro One said on X. 

 

The weather agency has sounded a yellow alert for Mumbai and nearby districts of Thane and Palghar till 8.30 am on Tuesday. The Raigad district has been kept under a red alert.

 

According to the IMD officials, the fresh spell of rainfall was due to a cyclonic circulation system.

 

“Currently, an upper air cyclonic circulation system lies over central Bay of Bengal off north coastal Andhra Pradesh, while yet another upper air cyclonic system, which was over Marathwada, lies above South Madhya Maharashtra that has led to the intense rainfall in the last 24 hours,” an officer told the Indian Express.

 

According to IMD, isolated heavy rains are likely in Kokan, Goa, and parts of Maharashtra, Saurashtra, and Kutch from June 18 to 21. 

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