Mumbai rains: Unseasonal showers in April trigger memefest

Mumbai and Mumbaikars experienced unseasonal heavy rain showers coupled with lightning and thunderstorm in the wee hours of Thursday, bringing some respite from the hot and humid weather in the city, civic officials said.

In the last 24 hours, Mumbai recorded 14.8 mm rainfall, the highest precipitation so far in April, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The rainfall was a localised event and only western suburbs of the city received showers, IMD scientist Sushma Nair said. "The Santacruz weather station received 14.8 mm of rainfall. This is the highest rainfall recorded in the city in April.

Earlier, the all-time highest rainfall received by the city was 7.2 mm on April 22, 1974," Nair said.

The civic body said there was no complaint of heavy waterlogging anywhere in the city and suburbs. Some citizens said thunderstorm and strong winds hit parts of Mumbai and as a result, trees and branches fell in some areas like Marol. The tin sheets of some houses were also blown away by the wind in Marol.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), there was no report of any injury due to the rain. The public transport services, including the local trains and BEST buses, were running normally in the city and suburbs.

Users shared images and videos of rain in Mumbai on Twitter.

Some Twitter users also shared funny takes on the off-season rains that slashed India's financial capital whereas others shared rib-tickling memes.