Weather in mumbai this week

• • • • Mumbai News Highlights: IMD predicts monsoon rain in Mumbai between June 18-21 Mumbai News Highlights: IMD predicts monsoon rain in Mumbai between June 18-21 Mumbai Live Highlights : Currently, monsoon-like conditions have reached Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri and further advancement of monsoon in the state would take place during the three-day period Mumbai has been experiencing sporadic spells of light and moderate rain since June 11. (Representational/ File) Mumbai News Highlights, June 16: While the onset of monsoon is yet to be declared, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said Rough sea waves were seen at the Gateway of India as cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall in Gujarat on Thursday. High tide is also expected in Mumbai, Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai, said. Meanwhile, a day after Maharashtra Chief Minister The police in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district have specially designed and dedicated a mobile toilet facility for women personnel who are on bandobast duty, an official said on Friday. Considering the health and hygiene issues faced by women in the district's police force, Superintendent of Police Ravindrasingh Pardesi came up with the project under which an unused police van was redesigned into a mobile toilet by the motor vehicle wing of the department, the official said. "The 'she van' has two toilets, a washroom and a fan. Women personnel face difficulties during bandobast duty and some of them don't drink water. Hen...

An Indigo flight headed from Lucknow to Mumbai, made a hard landing in Udaipur after two failed attempts. The flight scheduled to land in Mumbai at 1.15 pm, hovered over the airport for about 30 minutes, before it was diverted to Udaipur. The flight was unable to land in Mumbai due to bad weather conditions in the wake of the cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy'. The flight landed in Udaipur at 3.30 pm. The harrowed passengers created a ruckus at the Udaipur airport and demanded that the pilot be changed. Eventually, the pilot was changed and the flight landed in Mumbai at 8 pm. A few passengers even took to Twitter and tweeted complaints while tagging Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. Mumbai faced heavy rains and strong winds due to cyclone Biparjoy. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for Thane and Mumbai in the wake of the cyclone. While the airlines blamed the weather for the diversion, the passengers said that two attempts to land in Mumbai were aborted. A spokesperson for Indigo said, “Due to bad weather, the pilot could not land in Mumbai and decided to go to Udaipur… After landing in Udaipur, he said he was fatigued and hence asked for crew replacement. This took some time and the flight left after 6 pm.” The cyclone is expected to make landfall near Jakhau port in Gujarat's Kutch district on June 15. Authorities have so far evacuated over 37,000 people from different coastal regions.

MUMBAI: A storm off India's west coast has strengthened to become a powerful cyclone, which could hit India's western state of Gujarat and southern parts of Pakistan this week, the weather department said. The cyclone, named Biparjoy, is expected to make landfall on Thursday (Jun 15) afternoon between Mandvi in Gujarat and Karachi in Pakistan with a maximum sustained wind speed of 125kmh to 135kmh, gusting up to 150kmh, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday. The weather office has advised fishing communities to halt operations and the evacuation of people from the coastal areas of Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat. Two of India biggest ports - Mundra and Kandla - are in the Gulf of Kutch, while the Jamnagar refinery, the world's biggest oil refinery complex owned by Reliance Industries, is based in Saurashtra. Seven teams of India's National Disaster Response Force and 12 teams of State Disaster Response Force have been deployed in the districts likely to be affected by the storm, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said in a Tweet. Nearly a dozen districts in coastal Gujarat would be affected by A 1998 cyclone killed at least 4,000 people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in Gujarat. Biparjoy delayed the onset of the annual monsoon over the southern state of Kerala, but now conditions are favourable for the progress of much-needed rains in some more parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states, the we...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that certain areas of Mumbai will experience light rainfall today. In May, Mumbai can expect less heat due to a windy system causing rainy weather throughout the state, with south-westerly winds also bringing rain. Check out further details about the weather in Mumbai.

MUMBAI, June 12 (Reuters) - A storm off India's west coast has strengthened to become a powerful cyclone and could hit India's western state of Gujarat and southern parts of Pakistan this week, the Indian weather department said on Monday. The cyclone, named Biparjoy, is expected to make landfall on Thursday afternoon between Mandvi in Gujarat and Karachi in Pakistan with maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 km (78-84 miles) per hour, gusting to 150 km (93 miles) per hour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Nearly a dozen districts in coastal Gujarat will be affected by heavy rainfall and gusting winds although some of these are sparsely populated, which would limit the damage, said a weather office official, who declined to be named. Fishermen in Gujarat have been advised against going to sea and those at sea have been called back, with 21,000 boats parked so far, the government said on Monday. Offshore oil installations have also been asked to ensure immediate return of all manpower, and two of India's largest ports - Kandla and Mundra - located in Gujarat have been alerted while other ports have been advised for preventive action. The Adani conglomerate's ports business, Adani Ports The Indian Coast Guard said it was evacuating 50 personnel from a jack-up oil rig off Gujarat's coast named Key Singapore, which is owned by Dubai-based Shelf Drilling Shelf Drilling and Cairn Oil & Gas did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Gujarat Pipavav Por...

An Indigo flight headed from Lucknow to Mumbai, made a hard landing in Udaipur after two failed attempts. The flight scheduled to land in Mumbai at 1.15 pm, hovered over the airport for about 30 minutes, before it was diverted to Udaipur. The flight was unable to land in Mumbai due to bad weather conditions in the wake of the cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy'. The flight landed in Udaipur at 3.30 pm. The harrowed passengers created a ruckus at the Udaipur airport and demanded that the pilot be changed. Eventually, the pilot was changed and the flight landed in Mumbai at 8 pm. A few passengers even took to Twitter and tweeted complaints while tagging Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. Mumbai faced heavy rains and strong winds due to cyclone Biparjoy. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for Thane and Mumbai in the wake of the cyclone. While the airlines blamed the weather for the diversion, the passengers said that two attempts to land in Mumbai were aborted. A spokesperson for Indigo said, “Due to bad weather, the pilot could not land in Mumbai and decided to go to Udaipur… After landing in Udaipur, he said he was fatigued and hence asked for crew replacement. This took some time and the flight left after 6 pm.” The cyclone is expected to make landfall near Jakhau port in Gujarat's Kutch district on June 15. Authorities have so far evacuated over 37,000 people from different coastal regions.

MUMBAI: A storm off India's west coast has strengthened to become a powerful cyclone, which could hit India's western state of Gujarat and southern parts of Pakistan this week, the weather department said. The cyclone, named Biparjoy, is expected to make landfall on Thursday (Jun 15) afternoon between Mandvi in Gujarat and Karachi in Pakistan with a maximum sustained wind speed of 125kmh to 135kmh, gusting up to 150kmh, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday. The weather office has advised fishing communities to halt operations and the evacuation of people from the coastal areas of Saurashtra and Kutch regions of Gujarat. Two of India biggest ports - Mundra and Kandla - are in the Gulf of Kutch, while the Jamnagar refinery, the world's biggest oil refinery complex owned by Reliance Industries, is based in Saurashtra. Seven teams of India's National Disaster Response Force and 12 teams of State Disaster Response Force have been deployed in the districts likely to be affected by the storm, Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel said in a Tweet. Nearly a dozen districts in coastal Gujarat would be affected by A 1998 cyclone killed at least 4,000 people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage in Gujarat. Biparjoy delayed the onset of the annual monsoon over the southern state of Kerala, but now conditions are favourable for the progress of much-needed rains in some more parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu states, the we...

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that certain areas of Mumbai will experience light rainfall today. In May, Mumbai can expect less heat due to a windy system causing rainy weather throughout the state, with south-westerly winds also bringing rain. Check out further details about the weather in Mumbai.

MUMBAI, June 12 (Reuters) - A storm off India's west coast has strengthened to become a powerful cyclone and could hit India's western state of Gujarat and southern parts of Pakistan this week, the Indian weather department said on Monday. The cyclone, named Biparjoy, is expected to make landfall on Thursday afternoon between Mandvi in Gujarat and Karachi in Pakistan with maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 km (78-84 miles) per hour, gusting to 150 km (93 miles) per hour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Nearly a dozen districts in coastal Gujarat will be affected by heavy rainfall and gusting winds although some of these are sparsely populated, which would limit the damage, said a weather office official, who declined to be named. Fishermen in Gujarat have been advised against going to sea and those at sea have been called back, with 21,000 boats parked so far, the government said on Monday. Offshore oil installations have also been asked to ensure immediate return of all manpower, and two of India's largest ports - Kandla and Mundra - located in Gujarat have been alerted while other ports have been advised for preventive action. The Adani conglomerate's ports business, Adani Ports The Indian Coast Guard said it was evacuating 50 personnel from a jack-up oil rig off Gujarat's coast named Key Singapore, which is owned by Dubai-based Shelf Drilling Shelf Drilling and Cairn Oil & Gas did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Gujarat Pipavav Por...

• • • • Mumbai News Highlights: IMD predicts monsoon rain in Mumbai between June 18-21 Mumbai News Highlights: IMD predicts monsoon rain in Mumbai between June 18-21 Mumbai Live Highlights : Currently, monsoon-like conditions have reached Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri and further advancement of monsoon in the state would take place during the three-day period Mumbai has been experiencing sporadic spells of light and moderate rain since June 11. (Representational/ File) Mumbai News Highlights, June 16: While the onset of monsoon is yet to be declared, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said Rough sea waves were seen at the Gateway of India as cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall in Gujarat on Thursday. High tide is also expected in Mumbai, Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai, said. Meanwhile, a day after Maharashtra Chief Minister The police in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district have specially designed and dedicated a mobile toilet facility for women personnel who are on bandobast duty, an official said on Friday. Considering the health and hygiene issues faced by women in the district's police force, Superintendent of Police Ravindrasingh Pardesi came up with the project under which an unused police van was redesigned into a mobile toilet by the motor vehicle wing of the department, the official said. "The 'she van' has two toilets, a washroom and a fan. Women personnel face difficulties during bandobast duty and some of them don't drink water. Hen...