Weather update today: After a night of torrential rain, Mumbai woke up to waterlogged roads on Monday morning. The downpour, which followed the Indian Meteorological Department’s (IMD) extended red-alert warning, brought the city to a standstill, disrupting road traffic, flights, and train services. Meanwhile, the IMD has also issued red alerts for several districts in Karnataka and Gujarat.

Red alert in Mumbai today: Key updates

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) declared a holiday for all government, private, and municipal schools and colleges today, August 19. As per a recent notice, they urged private offices to instruct employees to work from home, shutting down government and semi-government offices today. They also worked relentlessly to facilitate the discharge of water from low-lying areas, such as Hindmata, using pumps to ensure a smooth flow of traffic.

Over the past six hours, Dadar received the highest rainfall, over 173mm. Followed by Worli and Wadala, BKC received the minimum of 120mm overnight. IndiGo Airlines also issued a travel advisory in Mumbai, given the waterlogging and sluggish traffic, announcing delays in operations at the airport.

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Apart from Mumbai, IMD also issued a red alert in Pune, Satara, and Palghar in Maharashtra. An orange warning was sounded in Nashik, Thane, Raigad, Sindhudurg, Ratnagiri, and Kolhapur. These regions are expected to receive very heavy to heavy rainfall today. Visuals from the now-closed Andheri subway surfaced showing heavily waterlogged roads with more than ankle-deep water.

Weather prediction for Karnataka, Gujarat, Hyderabad

The coastal regions of Gujarat are set to receive heavy rainfall, as per IMD predictions. Five districts, Amreli, Junagarh, Gir Somnath, Valsad, and Navsari, are under a high red alert warning. Whereas Surat, Tapi, Dangs, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Porbandar, and Dwarka are under an orange warning.

For Karnataka, Udupi, Belgaum and Uttar Kannada have been issued a red-alert warning. While other districts, including Gadag, Dharwad, Haveri, Shimoga, and Chikmagalur, are under an orange warning. Additionally, IMD placed the entirety of Andhra Pradesh under an orange alert with some districts of Chhattisgarh in the radar.

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Four districts in Hyderabad, Kothagudem, Mahabubabad, Mulugu, and Bhupalpally, can expect extremely heavy showers with thunderstorm, lightning and strong surface winds. Additionally, more than half of the remaining region in Hyderabad, with districts above Nalgonda are under an orange alert too.