Mumbai and Mumbaikars were woken to unseasonal heavy rain showers on Tuesday morning. In many areas of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Thane, Andheri, Jogeshwari, Malad, Kandivali, Borivali, Goregaon and Dahisar, heavy downpour was reported. Rains have also been reported in areas like Badlapur, Kalyan, Diva, Dombivali, Ulhasnagar and Ambernath since midnight.
Users shared images and videos of rain in Mumbai on Twitter. A user on Twitter who goes by the name Kay.pee shared a video and wrote, Slept in sultry March. In the rainy July. The filmmaker Ashoke Pandit shared a 55 second-long video and tweeted, Welcome Mumbai Rains. Some Twitter users shared funny takes on the off-season rains that slashed India's financial capital while others shared rib-tickling memes. Standup comedian Atul Khatri hopes that Alphonso mangoes don't get expensive due to the rain. Khatri said, I just hope and pray Alphonso mangoes don't get more expensive. The Indian Meteorological Department IMD said moderate rains with gusty winds are likely to engulf isolated pockets in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad during the next 3 -- 4 hours. IMD Mumbai was quoted as saying by news agency ANI, Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and light to moderate spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30 - 40 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai, Thane and Raigad during the next 3 -- 4 hours. Several parts of Maharashtra have reported rainfall over the past few days. The state's farmers have suffered crop losses due to unseasonal rainfall. Areas such as Chandori, Saikheda, Odha and Mohadi in Nashik and some parts of the Niphad division have reported unseasonal rains with strong winds.