Mumbai Monsoon Rain: Orange alert issued in the city today; check local train status to traffic updates here

Rain lashed several parts of Mumbai during the wee hours on Wednesday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted has issued an orange and a yellow alert for the city, predicting heavy rainfall from today onwards. As per the Regional Met department, an orange alert has been issued in the city today and a yellow alert tomorrow i.e. on 7 July.

As per the latest updates, The suburban train services of the Central Railway and Western Railway are also currently running normal. An official from the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking said some of their bus routes were diverted at Sion due to waterlogging at around 4.45 am. The routes were restored at around 8 am and the bus services were running normally in the city, the official said.

Rain intensity increased after midnight on Thursday and some areas like Dadar, Mahim, Khar, Matunga and Kurla recorded downpour in the range of 40 mm to 70 mm in the last 12 hours, as per rainfall data of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).The island city, eastern and western suburbs recorded an average rainfall of 54.28 mm, 48.85 mm and 51.07 mm, respectively, in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am on Thursday, a BMC spokesperson said.

Rain intensity increased after midnight on Thursday and some areas like Dadar, Mahim, Khar, Matunga and Kurla recorded downpour in the range of 40 mm to 70 mm in the last 12 hours, as per rainfall data of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).The island city, eastern and western suburbs recorded an average rainfall of 54.28 mm, 48.85 mm and 51.07 mm, respectively, in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am on Thursday, a BMC spokesperson said.