The downpour introduced Mumbai to a standstill after 177 mm of rain was reported inside six hours on Monday (August 18, 2025). Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis held a evaluate assembly of all State authorities officers on the catastrophe management headquarters within the State Secretariat and ordered the preparedness of the executive equipment. “Between August 18 and August 21, there are probabilities of heavy rainfall. Around 16 districts are on crimson or orange alert,” Mr. Fadnavis stated after the briefing.
At a number of locations, together with Mumbai and Thane, colleges and schools introduced a vacation on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) in view of the crimson alert.
Panchanamas have been ordered in a number of districts. The Maharashtra authorities can also be in contact with the governments of Telangana and Karnataka to be able to discharge extra water from dams to keep away from flooding in Maharashtra. The scenario at Almatti dam is being reviewed intently, Mr. Fadnavis stated.
Mumbai paralysed
Due to the heavy downpour of over 200 mm since Sunday (August 17, 2025) night, and 177 mm inside six hours on Monday (August 18, 2025), life was affected within the monetary capital. Several flights have been diverted, colleges shut, buses rerouted, and native trains delayed. The Brihanmumbai Metropolitan Corporation (BMC) introduced a vacation for colleges and schools solely by midday on Monday (August 18, 2025), resulting in chaos as most faculties assemble within the morning.
Severe waterlogging was reported in a number of low-lying areas as automobiles remained caught in visitors snarls for hours, main to move disruptions. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a crimson alert for the town and its neighbouring districts. Authorities appealed to residents to keep away from pointless journey. Offices have been requested to let workers depart early.
The rains triggered a number of incidents. A safety wall constructed by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority collapsed in Chembur’s New Ashok Nagar on Sunday (August 18, 2025), damaging seven shanties however inflicting no accidents. In one other incident, a college bus carrying six youngsters and two workers members was stranded in knee-deep water in Matunga for greater than half an hour earlier than being rescued by the police. Local practice companies, thought of Mumbai’s lifeline, have been working late by 10-20 minutes, with waterlogging on some Central Railway and Harbour Line tracks inflicting delays. Bus companies of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) endeavor have been diverted at a number of places, together with Chembur, Sion, Wadala, and Hindmata.
At Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, 9 flights needed to try “go-arounds” earlier than touchdown, whereas one was diverted to Surat until midday. Airlines, together with IndiGo, SpiceJet, and Akasa Air, suggested passengers to go away early for the airport and test flight updates recurrently.
Maximum injury in Marathwada
Over two days, seven individuals misplaced their lives as a consequence of rain and rain-related incidents. Of them, six casualties have been from Marathwada. In Nanded, three individuals died, whereas two individuals died in Beed and one in Hingoli.
“Maximum variety of locations on crimson alert are in Konkan (coastal Maharashtra). Several rivers within the State have crossed hazard degree. In Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar division, Beed, Nanded, and Latur are on excessive alert. Flooding is probably going there. In Mukhed in Nanded, there was a cloudburst-like scenario with 206 mm rainfall in a brief span. 150 cattle are more likely to have died. Five individuals have been swept away. Many individuals have been caught. NDRF, SDRF, navy have reached for rescue operations; 206 individuals have been rescued from one village.
Rescue operations are on in 4 different villages. In Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar area alone, 800 villages have been affected, one lakh hectares of farmland has been affected. In Nagpur area, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli are on orange alert, and south Gadchiroli has a flood-like scenario. In Amravati area, Akola has a flood-like scenario. Two lakh hectares of cropland has been affected on this area,” Mr. Fadnavis stated.
The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at just a few locations, and very heavy showers at remoted places in Mumbai, Thane, and Raigad until Tuesday (August 19, 2025). Ratnagiri was additionally positioned on crimson alert, whereas Palghar, Sindhudurg, Aurangabad, Hingoli, Jalgaon, Jalna, Nanded, and Parbhani remained below orange alert.
