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Mumbai: Heavy showers cause water-logging in Kurla, Chembur

After disappearing for almost a week, Mumbai rains have made a comeback and the intermittent showers are causing water logging in the city.

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After disappearing for almost a week, Mumbai rains have made a comeback and the intermittent showers are causing water logging in the city.

According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast, the city will see 'isolated heavy rain showers.' Water-logging made travelling an issue in Mumbai's Kurla and Chembur area.

On Saturday, warning signs of heavy rain were witnessed in the eastern and western suburbs. The intermittent rain continued through the day.

The India Meteorological Department daily report said the monsoon was hovering over Maharashtra in the west and parts of Odisha, West Bengal and Assam in the east and northeast India.

It said any further advance of the monsoon is unlikely during next 6-7 days due to the prevalence of a weak pattern.

The Southwest Monsoon made and onset on Saturday. Met observatory in Colaba recorded 34.2 mm of rain on Saturday. Santacruz observatory recorded heavy rain to the tune of 58.7 mm in 24 hours until Sunday.

Nitha T, a Met department scientist, said that an offshore trough from Kerala to Goa and cyclonic circulation over the Arabian Sea would bring the city rain, reports TOI.

Heavy rainfall battered the northeastern states, where at least 17 people have died in flash floods and landslides. The death toll reached 26 in Kerala after three people were killed in Kozhikode.

(With Agencies Input)

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