Mumbai rains: IMD points orange alert for State capital, purple alert for Vidarbha area

India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday (July 25, 2025) issued an ‘orange’ alert for Maharashtra’s Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Nagpur and Wardha districts, whereas a purple alert has been issued in Raigad, Ratnagiri and Ghat area of Pune and Satara, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gondia, Gadchiroli districts over the following two days.

IMD issued “extraordinarily heavy rainfall warnings” for Konkan and Goa, whereas extraordinarily heavy rain, together with thunderstorm and lightning warnings, for the Vidarbha area of Maharashtra. According to IMD, the rationale for heavy rainfall has been the low-pressure space (LPA) over Rajasthan that quickly became a despair, inflicting conversion of moisture. The same state of affairs was over Jharkhand, inflicting heavy rainfall in Mumbai.

Mumbai witnessed heavy downpour on Friday, with common rainfall within the final three hours recorded 8 mm for Mumbai City, 36 mm within the Eastern suburb and 41 mm within the Western suburb, as per the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The Mumbai civic physique has additionally issued a four-day alert until July 27 for prime tides within the Arabian Sea. On Friday, BMC suggested to keep away from visiting the seashore throughout excessive tide and forecasted a excessive tide of 4.66 meters at 12.40 pm

Mumbai Traffic Police and Mumbai police on Friday have suggested residents to remain indoors until “completely crucial”. “Avoid coastal areas and drive cautiously. In case of any emergency, please dial 100/112/103,” Mumbai police posted on X. Meanwhile, Mumbai site visitors police knowledgeable that the

Andheri Subway is closed for vehicular motion, diverting site visitors to Gokhale Bridge & Thackeray Bridge.

Over the final 24 hours, Mumbai witnessed 10 quick circuit instances, two home collapses within the island metropolis division, and at the very least 11 timber fall incident.