Overview

• Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and nearby districts were placed on an orange alert through Saturday morning as a constant downpour flooded the Andheri subway and parts of Kurla, with a woman killed in a wall collapse in Sakinaka.
• Delhi recorded 400.5 mm of rain in August, its highest since 2010, as waterlogging slowed traffic across major corridors and the Yamuna flowed above the danger level.
• Orange alerts were issued for Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and parts of Jammu and Kashmir through September 1, with a cloudburst in Ramban reported to have killed three people and left two missing.
• Punjab and Haryana authorities monitored rising Ghaggar and Markanda river levels, deployed 20 army helicopters for rescues, evacuated residents and faced dozens of train cancellations to and from Jammu.
• IMD guidance points to elevated heavy-rain risk through September 1–2 across several regions, with a broad reduction in activity expected from September 3 unless new systems form.