Orange alert for Mumbai; monsoon expected by June 23

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an Orange alert for Mumbai. The forecast indicates thunderstorms, lightning, and rainfall implicit the adjacent 3 hours. The onset of the southwest monsoon implicit the metropolis is expected aboriginal connected Monday oregon Tuesday (June 22 oregon 23, 2026).

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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) shared the nowcast informing from the IMD connected Monday. The informing said winds astatine 30-40 kmph and spells of rainfall are expected astatine immoderate locations successful Mumbai. The BMC has advised residents to instrumentality precautions during thunderstorms and rain.

In the morning, Bandra East and different parts of Mumbai saw pre-monsoon showers, lightning, and thunderstorms. These conditions led to waterlogging and postulation disruptions successful immoderate areas.

The IMD volition state the monsoon onset lone aft each parameters are met. The monsoon mostly reaches Mumbai astir June 10, but its accomplishment has been delayed this year. Experts person attributed the hold to El Nino effects. The monsoon precocious into southbound Konkan earlier this period but its advancement stalled owed to upwind conditions.

The BMC released rainfall information for the play betwixt 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. The metropolis recorded 17 mm of rainfall. The occidental suburbs recorded 10 mm, and the eastbound suburbs recorded nary rainfall. Savitribai Phule BMC School astatine Worli Naka recorded 61 mm of rainfall successful an hour. G-South ward (Prabhadevi) recorded 58 mm. Adarsh Nagar School successful Worli and Malabar Hill recorded 44 mm each. Worli Fire Station recorded 42 mm, and F-South ward (Parel) recorded 41 mm. In the occidental suburbs, Pali Chimbai School and Supari Tank BMC School, some successful Bandra, recorded 70 mm of rainfall each. H-West ward bureau (Khar) received 30 mm. Bandra Fire Station received 28 mm, and Banana Leaf and Juhu Dispensary received 25 mm.

In its upwind bulletin, the IMD said conditions are favourable for the southwest monsoon to beforehand into parts of Maharashtra, Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, and Chhattisgarh astir June 23. The Weather Department said rainfall is apt implicit northeast India till June 25 and implicit sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim till June 22. The IMD besides warned of vigor question conditions implicit Vidarbha, East Madhya Pradesh, and East Uttar Pradesh for the adjacent 4 to 5 days.