Heavy rainfall brought about heavy waterlogging in Bhosari resulting in site visitors congestion. An orange alert has been issued for heavy rainfall for subsequent 24 hours for Pune
Visuals from the Punawale bridge underpass present site visitors congestion and gradual vehicular motion as a consequence of heavy rains(Raju Shinde/HT Photo)
Commuters and locals could possibly be seen wading via the waterlogged roads and streets, disrupting regular day-to-day actions.
Visuals from the Punawale bridge underpass present site visitors congestion and gradual vehicular motion as a consequence of heavy rains and waterlogging in Pune.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a purple and orange alert for a number of districts throughout Maharashtra for the following 24 hours because the southwest monsoon intensifies.
Heavy to extraordinarily heavy rainfall is predicted alongside the Konkan coast, together with Raigad and Ratnagiri districts. A purple alert has been issued for these districts on June 14.
An orange alert has been issued for heavy rainfall for the following 24 hours in areas together with Mumbai, Pune, Palghar, and the ghats of Satara and Kolhapur.
Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its newest replace, forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall at a number of locations and intensely heavy falls at remoted locations over south peninsular India throughout June 12-15 and over Konkan and Goa on June 13 and June 14.
The southwest monsoon hit Kerala on May 24, every week sooner than typical, marking its earliest arrival on the Indian mainland since 2009. The regular onset date for the southwest monsoon is June 1.
May 2025 was the wettest month in India since 1901, with a mean rainfall of 126.7 mm.
The early onset of the southwest monsoon introduced steady rainfall throughout southern and jap India, contributing to this file.
After an early onset, the progress of monsoon had stalled, reportedly on May 29, solely to be lively beginning Thursday, as is predicted by the state-run climate workplace.
Monsoons are a key indicator that helps analysts gauge the financial outlook of the nation’s manufacturing and agricultural sectors.
The IMD forecast southwest monsoon rainfall over India to be 106 per cent of the Long Period Average. This projection is greater than the 105 per cent forecast within the April replace. The long-period common rainfall in India is 868.6 mm.
The state-owned climate workplace stated the nation’s common rainfall within the month of June is most certainly to be above regular (>108 per cent of the Long Period Average).
IMD will challenge the July rainfall forecast within the final week of June. The nation has acquired extra rainfall thus far this season.
The monsoon has onset early on two events in the course of the previous 5 years –2022 and 2024. In 2022 and 2024, the monsoon onset was May 29 and May 30, as per IMD information. IMD has been issuing operational forecasts for the date of monsoon onset over Kerala from 2005 onwards.
The monsoon has onset early on two events in the course of the previous 5 years –2022 and 2024. In 2022 and 2024, the monsoon onset was May 29 and May 30, as per IMD information. IMD has been issuing operational forecasts for the date of monsoon onset over Kerala from 2005 onwards.
IMD’s operational forecasts of the monsoon onset date over Kerala in the course of the previous 20 years (2005-2024) had been appropriate besides in 2015. Forecast verification for the current 5 years (2020-2024) is within the desk beneath.
Above-normal monsoon rains assist farmers to sow extra crops this Kharif season, which bodes effectively for the general agriculture sector. Agriculture is the mainstay supply of livelihoods for tens of millions of Indians.
Traditionally, Indian agriculture, particularly the Kharif season, depends closely on monsoon rainfall.








