Heavy showers are expected in Mumbai city and its suburbs in the next few hours. Many areas have been receiving rain since this morning. It is still raining in some areas. The intensity of the rain is likely to increase further in the next hour. Meanwhile, the heaviest rainfall is expected in the western suburbs in the next hour.
Mumbai has been experiencing a lull in rains for the past few days. After that, the city and its suburbs received fairly heavy rains on Tuesday evening. Some areas received heavy rains in the midnight. Meanwhile, Mumbai has been witnessing rain since this morning. Light showers are being experienced in some areas. Heavy rain is expected in the next hour. Heavy rain is likely in some areas, mainly in the western suburbs.
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Compared to the city, Bandra, Andheri, Goregaon, Borivali, Kandivali will receive the most rainfall. Sources said that the rainfall is due to the formation of a trough. Meanwhile, this year the monsoon arrived in Kerala ahead of schedule. This year, the monsoon rains have arrived 15 days early. Usually, the monsoon season starts in Mumbai after June 10.
Last year, the monsoon arrived in Mumbai on June 9, a day or two earlier than usual. In 2023, the monsoon arrived late, on June 25. In 2022, the monsoon rains arrived on June 11, 2021 on June 9, and in 2020 on June 14.