INDIAN Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday predicted that isolated areas in Maharashtra are likely to witness heavy downpour in coming days.

 

“Heavy to very heavy rainfall likely to occur at a few places in the districts of Raigad. Heavy rainfall likely to occur at isolated places in districts of Thane, Palghar and Mumbai in the next three days,” said the IMD.

The IMD, in its daily forecast, said that the South-West monsoon would remain active over central and adjoining south peninsular India in the coming days. “Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls is likely over Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, ghat areas of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Konkan, Gujarat, and Rajasthan during next three days,” stated the IMD.

 

17 flights diverted at Mumbai airport as rains lash city: Seventeen inbound flights were diverted from the Mumbai airport on Friday.

 

Flights were diverted to nearby airports and four flights had to do `go-around' before they could land, a spokesperson of the Mumbai airport said in the evening.