Brace for intense rainfall in Maharashtra over next 4-5 days, says IMD

The two main observatories of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) at Santacruz and Colaba recorded 115.8mm and 86mm rainfall, respectively.

At present, the southwest monsoon is active over Maharashtra, especially over the west coast and southern regions adjoining Goa. “Due to strengthening of the westerly winds, there is likely to be a gradual intensification in the rainfall over Maharashtra, especially over Konkan, Mumbai, and the ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra during the next four to five days,” an IMD official said.

After remaining concentrated in the south, the monsoon trough has returned to its normal position. On Friday, it passed through Sri Ganganagar, Hissar, Agra, Prayagraj, Daltonganj, Ranchi, Digha, and dipped into the northeast Bay of Bengal.

The IMD has issued an ‘orange’ alert for Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar till Saturday with a high probability of heavy to very heavy rainfall (64.5 – 204.4mm in 24 hours), while  an ‘orange’ alert  has been sounded for Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, ghat areas of Pune, Satara, and Kolhapur districts till July 15.