Monsoon update 2026: Heavy rain lashes Mumbai, Pune; IMD predicts more showers
The southwest monsoon is finally advancing across India and gaining momentum, bringing much-needed relief from the summer heat. However, it is also triggering heavy rainfall
The southwest monsoon is finally advancing across India and gaining momentum, bringing much-needed relief from the summer heat. However, it is also triggering heavy rainfall, massive waterlogging, and travel disruptions in several states. On Tuesday, the southwest monsoon made landfall in Mumbai, 13 days after its normal onset date, and brought widespread rainfall across the city and suburbs, with several areas reporting waterlogging. Mumbai received more than 200 mm of rain in just 24 hours ending at 8 AM today. Mumbai monsoon updates A day after the monsoon made landfall, India's financial capital experienced heavy overnight rainfall, disrupting suburban train services, causing waterlogging in low-lying areas, and leaving many commuters stranded. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted moderate to heavy showers along with thunder and lightning in Mumbai and its suburbs over the next 24 hours, news agency PTI reported. According to civic data, the island city received an average rainfall of 195 mm, while the western suburbs recorded 208 mm and the eastern suburbs recorded 167 mm during the 24 hours that ended at 8 AM today. Earlier, at 4 am, the weather agency issued a red alert for Mumbai and Palghar for 3 hours, warning of thunderstorms, lightning, intense to very intense rainfall, and winds of 40-60 kmph.
It was later downgraded to an orange alert at 7 am, valid till 10 am, with the IMD predicting moderate to intense spells of rain for Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Palghar and Sindhudurg districts. Also Read | Priyanka Chaturvedi slams BMC as Mumbai rains trigger severe waterlogging Thane, Pune monsoon updates Maharashtra's Thane and Palghar districts were also drenched by heavy rains over the last 24 hours, triggering a landslide at Malshej Ghat and prompting dozens of reports of tree falls. Earlier on Tuesday, a minor landslide was reported in the evening along the Malshej Ghat stretch, which connects the Thane and Pune districts. According to district disaster management authorities, the incident occurred between the "wash point" and "umbrella point" at the ghat between 6 PM and 7 PM on Tuesday. Southwest monsoon advances in Bihar According to an India Today report, the southwest monsoon has established itself over parts of Bihar and is bringing widespread relief to the state. However, it raises a key question for millions in northern India who are still awaiting the onset of the monsoon in Delhi. While the monsoon in Bihar made landfall earlier this month, rainfall activity since then has been active over eastern India, with the agency predicting heavy rainfall at isolated places throughout Bihar again on 24 June.
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