Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 27 : Heavy rainfall lashed parts of Mumbai on Sunday. The weather department has issued a 'yellow alert' for Maharashtra's capital.
The India Meteorological Department has issued a 'yellow alert' for Mumbai today, forecasting 'generally cloudy sky with heavy rain.'
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a 'yellow alert for Maharashtra's Mumbai, Palghar, and Thane districts for Sunday. The Met department has issued an 'Orange' alert for Raigad on Sunday.
Earlier, Mumbai experienced a heavy downpour on Saturday, with an average rainfall of 6.80 mm recorded in Mumbai City from 8 am to 10 pm, 11.53 mm in the eastern suburb, and 7.42 mm in the Western suburb, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
On Saturday, a red alert was in place for Palghar district, and an orange alert was in place for Mumbai, Thane, and Raigad.
Meanwhile, on Saturday night, the Jogitikariya bridge on the Dindori to Jabalpur route in Madhya Pradesh was submerged in water due to heavy rainfall, causing the Narmada River to overflow. The State Disaster Response Force team was present at the spot.
Satish Dwivedi, Sub-divisional Police Officer, Dindori, told ANI that the river is flowing over the Jogitikariya bridge, and as a result, traffic from both sides has been diverted.
"The Narmada River is in spate. The river is flowing over the Jogitikariya bridge. Traffic from both sides has been diverted... Adequate security arrangements have been made here. Police, Home Guard, and SDRF teams are deployed," Dwivedi told ANI.
On Saturday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Goa, warning of extremely heavy rainfall in these regions.
"The Depression over east Madhya Pradesh and north Chhattisgarh moved nearly westwards with a speed of 12 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centred at 2330 hrs IST of today, the 26th July over the same region, near Lat. 23.3°N and Long. 81.0°E, about 30 km south-southeast of Umaria (Madhya Pradesh), 110 km east of Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) and 170 km east-southeast of Damoh (Madhya Pradesh). It is very likely to continue to move westwards across Madhya Pradesh and weaken gradually into a well-marked low-pressure area by tomorrow, the 27th July, 2025," the IMD said in a post on X.
A red alert has been issued for the districts of North Seoni, Mandla/Kanha, South Khandwa, and South Khargone in Madhya Pradesh, as well as for Nanded, Parbhani, and Hingoli in interior Maharashtra, indicating the likelihood of heavy rainfall accompanied by a high probability of cloud-to-ground lightning activity.
Parts of east Madhya Pradesh, east Rajasthan, south Gujarat, Madhya Maharashtra, south Kerala, south Chhattisgarh, southeast Uttar Pradesh (Kanpur), south Punjab, south Haryana, Gangetic West Bengal, are under an orange alert for moderate rainfall and potential cloud-to-ground lightning.