Mumbai Weather News Live Updates: Heavy rain causes waterlogging in many parts of the city amid orange alert

Economic Times

2 days ago

16 Aug 2025 | 06:55:39 AM IST
Heavy rains lashed Mumbai today. According to reports, heavy waterlogging have been reported from many parts of the city. The IMD has issued an orange alert for Mumbai and Thane for Aug 16–17, warning of heavy to very heavy rain at isolated spots. Nearby Raigad was put under a red alert for Aug 16, with the possibility of extremely heavy rainfall in some areas.The city saw heavy rain on August 15. The total rainfall recorded so far by the IMD Colaba and Santacruz observatory since the beginning of the monsoon was 1,119.2mm and 1,435.7mm, respectively.Chief of IMD Mumbai, Shubhangi Bhute, said, "The east-west trough runs from the southern parts of Gangetic West Bengal to the east-central Arabian Sea across the upper air cyclonic circulation associated with the low-pressure area over south Odisha and adjoining north Andhra Pradesh, north Telangana, south Maharashtra between 3.1 and 4.5km above mean sea level, tilting southward with height. Under its influence, the rainfall activity over Maharashtra is very likely to increase during Aug 15-20, 2025. We have therefore issued an orange alert for Mumbai for Aug 16 and 17, and a red alert in case of Raigad for Aug 16."A warning for fishermen was also issued. "Squally weather with wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph, gusting to 60 kmph, is likely to prevail along and off North Konkan coasts and adjoining sea areas from Aug 15-16. Squally weather with wind speed reaching 45-55 kmph, gusting to 65 kmph, is likely to prevail along and off North Konkan coasts and adjoining sea areas from August 17-19," read the warning. Show more U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian President Vladimir Putin were going to set up a meeting to try to reach a ceasefire to end Russia's war in Ukraine."Now, it's really up to President Zelenskiy to get it done. And I would also say the European nations, they have to get involved a little bit. 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The total rainfall recorded so far by the IMD Colaba and Santacruz observatory since the beginning of the monsoon was 1,119.2mm and 1,435.7mm, respectively.Chief of IMD Mumbai, Shubhangi Bhute, said, "The east-west trough runs from the southern parts of Gangetic West Bengal to the east-central Arabian Sea across the upper air cyclonic circulation associated with the low-pressure area over south Odisha and adjoining north Andhra Pradesh, north Telangana, south Maharashtra between 3.1 and 4.5km above mean sea level, tilting southward with height. Under its influence, the rainfall activity over Maharashtra is very likely to increase during Aug 15-20, 2025. We have therefore issued an orange alert for Mumbai for Aug 16 and 17, and a red alert in case of Raigad for Aug 16."A warning for fishermen was also issued. "Squally weather with wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph, gusting to 60 kmph, is likely to prevail along and off North Konkan coasts and adjoining sea areas from Aug 15-16. Squally weather with wind speed reaching 45-55 kmph, gusting to 65 kmph, is likely to prevail along and off North Konkan coasts and adjoining sea areas from August 17-19," read the warning. US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin departed a military base in Alaska on Friday following their summit on the conflict in Ukraine.The two leaders' planes took off from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson within minutes of one another after they held around three hours of talks on the war, which has raged for more than three years since Moscow launched its all-out invasion of its neighbor in early 2022. Mumbai woke up to heavy rains today with reports claiming severe waterlogging in several areas.