Mumbai rains: SpiceJet warns of delays in flight departures, arrivals

Amid heavy rain in Mumbai SpiceJet on Wednesday said that flight departures arrivals and their consequential flights may get affectedDue to bad weather heavy rain in Mumbai BOM all departuresarrivals and their consequential flights may get affected said SpiceJetMeanwhile seven goarounds and two flight diversions reported till 2009 hours as per PRO Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International AirportEarlier today India Meteorological Department IMD issued a red alert warning for heavy rainfall Mumbai Maharashtra till September 26 830 amIMD forecasted thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and intense spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 4050 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai Palghar Nandurbar Dhule Jalgaon Solapur and Satara during the next few hoursEarlier in the day IMD issued a red alert for Thane Palghar Raigad districts while for Ratnagiri district on September 26On September 25 in its daily weather bulletin for the nation IMD predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Konkan and Goa Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam East Madhya Pradesh SubHimalayan West Bengal and Sikkim Marathwada Coastal Karnataka Bihar heavy rainfall at isolated places over Rayalaseema Gujarat Region Chhattisgarh West Madhya Pradesh Gangetic West Bengal Odisha Madhya Maharashtra Interior Karnataka and TelanganaOn Tuesday IMD predicted light to moderate rain at isolated places over Tamilnadu Puducherry and Karaikal areas which will occur from September 26 to September 30Strong surface winds with speeds reaching 3040 kmph are likely to prevail over Tamilnadu Puducherry and Karaikal areas tomorrow the weather agency predictedThe IMD has predicted moderate rain with lightning likely to occur in North Tamil Nadu in the next seven days and temperature likely to soar 24 degrees Celsius above normal Due to humid air and high temperatures hot and discomforting weather is very likely to prevail in isolated pockets over Tamil Nadu It also predicts that there will be hot and uncomfortable weather in isolated areas of Puducherry and KaraikalThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever