Heavy rains in Mumbai lead to waterlogging; Yellow alert issued

Mumbai, Oct 08: Rains lashed Mumbai on Friday night early hours of Saturday, leading to waterlogging in several parts of the city.

The visuals doing rounds on social media sites showed people having difficult time as they wade through knee-high water.

"Generally cloudy sky with moderate to heavy rain/thundershower in the city and suburbs in the next 24 hours," the India Meteorological Department said on Saturday morning.

"Isolated heavy falls & thunderstorms/lightning very likely over Gujarat Region 7th - 10th; Madhya Maharashtra and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam from 7th - 9th; Marathwada on 7th & 9th; Konkan & Goa and Telangana on 7th; Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal on 7th-11th; North Interior Karnataka, during 7th, 9th & 10th; South Interior Karnataka during 9th - 11th; Kerala on 9th & 10th October 2022," the IMD further added.

The IMD has issued a yellow alert to Mumbai, Thane and Palghar for Saturday, stating thunderstorms will accompany by lightning.

The weather monitoring agency has also stated that the city witnessed a maximum temperature of 30 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature likely to be 26-degree celsius.