Overview

• The India Meteorological Department scaled Mumbai and nearby Maharashtra districts to a green alert for Tuesday after easing from orange to yellow on Monday, with light to moderate showers expected through early October.
• Mumbai’s September rainfall reached about 606.1 mm by Monday, with 24-hour readings of 101.2 mm at Colaba and 77.5 mm at Santacruz confirming intense but brief downpours.
• Gujarat faces the highest risk, with red alerts for Gir Somnath, Junagadh and Porbandar, orange alerts for Amreli, Rajkot and Devbhoomi Dwarka, and a flash‑flood alert across Saurashtra–Kutch districts.
• Reservoirs supplying Mumbai are near capacity, with combined storage reported around 97–99 percent as BMC opened gates at Bhatsa and Middle Vaitarna for safety after heavy catchment inflows.
• IMD advised fishermen to avoid the Arabian Sea off the Konkan coast through October 4 and forecast a short-term rise of 3–5°C above normal in night temperatures across Northwest India.