Rain continues in Mumbai, IMD extends yellow alert till Tuesday

According to the weather bureau, heavy rainfall activity is likely to continue in the region until at least Tuesday morning, when the IMD has placed Mumbai and the districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad under a yellow alert owing to the possibility of thunderstorms coupled with gusty winds and lightning. While no alerts have been issued after Tuesday, light rain is likely to continue until the end of October.

IMD scientists have attributed the showers to a depression over the southeast Arabian Sea as well as a well-marked low-pressure area over southwest Bay of Bengal. “Under the influence of the systems, thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph are very likely to occur over Maharashtra between 22-26 October 2025. Fairly widespread to widespread moderate rainfall activity with heavy rainfall at isolated places is expected over Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra during the above period,” the IMD said in a statement.

Even though the withdrawal of the southwest monsoon was declared on October 10, the Colaba coastal observatory clocked in 105 mm of rainfall this month, which is a surplus of 33.4 mm.

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