Almost two weeks before the annual monsoon’s arrival in India’s financial hub, heavy rains poured down on Mumbai, according to weather forecasters.
Farmers are happy that farmers’ crops are grown in the area, but the downpours also wreak havoc on the transport infrastructure in urban areas every year as a result of the high temperatures. The southwestern state of Maharashtra is typically expected to experience monsoon rain in the first few days of June.
Mumbai has received an “extremely heavy rainfall” warning from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), and city officials have been in place until Tuesday.
The city’s officials issued a statement, urging people to “kindly cooperate,” and advise everyone to stay indoors and avoid traveling unless necessary.
The IMD stated in a statement that the rains had “16 days earlier than usual” and that the monsoon was typically forecast for Mumbai on June 11 to follow. This is the agency’s earliest onset in nearly a quarter of a century, the agency claimed.
This is the earliest monsoon to pass over Mumbai between 2001 and 2025, according to the statement.
Regional IMD chief Shubhangi Bhute confirmed that the monsoon had arrived in Maharashtra at the earliest point in 14 years.
Scientists are unsure about the exact impact of global warming on the region’s highly complex monsoon system, despite the fact that South Asia has recently experienced rising temperatures and shifting weather patterns.
Between June and September each year, the southwest monsoon, a powerful sea breeze, produces between 70 and 80 percent of South Asia’s annual rainfall. The subcontinent’s landmass is influenced by seasonal heat that causes air to rise, inflicts cooler winds from the Indian Ocean, and causes a lot of rain to fall.
Source: Aljazeera
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