MUMBAI Mumbai and its suburbs, including Thane, Palghar and Raigad among other areas, may witness heavy or very heavy rains on October 15 due to the intense weather systems that support rainfall on the east coast, according to reports.
“There is an area of extremely low pressure in the Bay of Bengal and the clouds developed because they would be floating over Maharashtra from October 14 to 16,” an official told the PTI news agency.
“It would result in heavy to extremely heavy rains in some parts of Maharashtra,” the official added.
Latest updates about the weather in Mumbai:
- The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued the advisory for more than 15 districts in Maharashtra, including Kolhapur, Pune, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Satara, Sangli, Solapur, Parbhani, Beed, Hingoli, Nanded, Latur and Osmanabad.
- According to a Hindustan Times report, the meteorological bureau has issued an orange alert (heavy to very heavy rain) for districts like Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Pune, Raigad, Ahmednagar, Ratnagiri, Satara on October 15 and the next three days to South Konkan and Central Maharashtra.
- A yellow alert (heavy rain in isolated areas) was forecast for Wednesday, when thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusts of wind are expected, while heavy rains were forecast for Friday in Mumbai, Thane and Palghar.
- Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada regions are expected to see rain on Wednesday, while Mumbai and Konkan regions are expected to see rain on October 15 and 16, according to reports.
- The meteorological department also said that fishermen are advised not to venture into the central west, northwest and southwest of the Bay of Bengal, and along and off the coasts of Andhra Pradesh-Odisha-Tamil Nadu and Puducherry and on the Gulf of Mannar during October 13 and 14.
- According to the IMD website, a strong wind speed reaching 30 to 40 km / h with gusts of up to 50 km / h is very likely to prevail around the center of the system and over Madhya, Maharashtra, Marathwada for the next 12 hours and gradually decrease thereafter.
- The state of the sea will be rough to very rough in the center-east and northeast of the Arabian Sea and along and off the coasts of Maharashtra and Gujarat from 16 October.
- Damage to rice, banana, papaya and vegetable gardens and chopsticks and horticultural crops is expected. Flooding or waterlogging in low-lying areas, disruption of surface transport, landslides, accumulation of water, etc. are also expected to occur. Also, roads can be wet and slippery.
- Meanwhile, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has written a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, saying that Mumbai rainwater can be used for irrigation, supply to city industries and horticulture in cities like Nashik. and Ahmednagar.
- Gadkari said that excess water can also be brought to drought-prone areas for domestic and other uses to overcome water shortages, he said in the letter.
“If planned systematically, flood water, drainage and sewage can be diverted to Thane (adjacent to Mumbai), and all the diverted influx can be stored in a dam after treating the water midway,” He said.
- “This water can be used for irrigation and city industries and for horticultural purposes in cities like Nashik and Ahmednagar,” Gadkari said.
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