Following heavy rainfall in several parts of Mumbai on Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert, forecasting more downpours across parts of Maharashtra.
In addition to Maharashtra, an ‘orange’ alert has been issued for Gujarat, Goa, Uttarakhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal, predicting very heavy rainfall. The IMD has also forecasted light rain in Delhi over the next two days. In its Friday bulletin, the IMD stated that Maharashtra is expected to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated locations over the next 24 hours.
The IMD predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall, with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra on September 27, followed by isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall on September 28. Over the past few days, several parts of Maharashtra have experienced heavy showers and waterlogging, leading to widespread disruptions, including delays in local train and flight services on Wednesday.
In Mumbai, areas such as Kurla East, Nehru Nagar, and Chembur experienced severe waterlogging due to heavy rainfall. Major traffic jams occurred on the Kurla bridge, and a landslide at the Mumbra bypass further disrupted traffic movement. By Thursday, vehicular and rail traffic resumed after a day of intense rainfall that flooded low-lying areas, halted local trains, and led to the diversion of at least 14 incoming flights.
A 45-year-old woman drowned in a drain overflowing due to heavy rains in suburban Andheri on Wednesday, police said.
Police assisted a woman in her ninth month of pregnancy in reaching a hospital in Ghatkopar after she was unable to find transportation due to heavy overnight rains, an official said. By Thursday morning, rains had ceased in most parts of the city, though the skies remained overcast. Local trains, Mumbai’s lifeline, were operating normally, with only minor delays in some services, according to officials.