Monsoon hits Mumbai, Delhi together for first time in decades

New Delhi, June 25

The southwest monsoon advanced over Mumbai and Delhi together for the first time in decades as heavy rainfall with lightning and thunderstorm lashed the two cities on Sunday.

According to an India Meteorological Department (IMD) statement, the rainfall arrived two days early in Delhi bringing respite from the scorching heat. As per the Regional Meteorological Centre inputs, Mumbai city received 104 mm of rain and eastern suburbs and western suburbs received 123 mm and 139 mm of rain respectively in the last 24 hours.

The primary weather station at Delhi’s Safdarjung, logged 48.3 mm rainfall in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 AM on Sunday.Delhi’s NCR (National Capital Region) like Noida, Gurugram, Faridabad and Ghaziabad also witnessed heavy rainfall.

The Regional Meteorological Centre has predicted that rainfall intensity is likely to gradually increase over parts of Maharashtra during the next 4-5 days. There is an indication of expected severe weather in the next 5 days, it added.

According to the IMD, the southwest monsoon has also advanced over Chhattisgarh and the state is expected to receive rain for the coming three days.

With the onset of the monsoon in Chhattisgarh, an alert has also been issued for heavy rains at one or two places in central Chhattisgarh.

Assistant Meteorologist, Sanjay Bairagi said, “According to the forecast for this year, there will be good rains. Due to the delay in monsoon, the work of farming may have lagged behind by 15 days, but now that it is raining, there is good news for the farmers, they can start sowing.”