Mumbai weather: Day after dust storm and rain, 'yellow alert' issued for city

A day after dust storm and rain the weather department has issued a yellow alert for city while sharing Mumbai weather updates on May 14According to the Indian Meteorological Department IMD heat wave in isolated pockets Possibility of light to moderate rain accompanied with thunderstormtowards afternoonevening were very likelyThe IMD Mumbai on Tuesday evening issued a nowcast warningIt said Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and moderate spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 4050 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai suburban during next 34 hours Take precautions while moving outMeanwhile a yellow alert was issued for Mumbais adjoining areas including Thane Palghar Raigad Ratnagiri etcThe weather department has also issued an orange alert for parts of Maharashtra including Nashik Pune and AhmednagarA dust storm followed with rains and gusty winds had on Monday lashed parts of Mumbai and neighbouring metropolitan areasOn May 13 the IMD Mumbai had also issued a nowcast warning forecasting a thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and moderate to intense spells of rain for Thane Palghar and MumbaiThunderstorm accompanied with lightning and light to moderate spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 4050 kmph is very likely to occur at isolated places in Mumbai in the next 34 hours an official of IMD had saidMumbai witnessed several disruptions following the dust storm and unseasonal rains in the cityThe Mumbai Metro services were suspended between Aarey and Andheri East metro stations after a banner landed on the overheard wire due to strong windsSuburban services on Central Railway were affected after an overhead equipment pole between Thane and Mulund stations got bent due to strong winds an official had said on MondayThe suburban services on the Main Line have been suspended the chief spokesperson of Central Railway had earlier saidCity also witnessed tragedies including structures collapse in Wadala and Ghatkopar areasIn Wadala two people were injured after an underconstruction metal parking tower to collapse on a road in Wadala areaMeanwhile the death toll in the Ghatkopar hoarding collapse incident in Mumbai rose to 14 while 75 others are injured the officials said on Tuesday as rescue and search operations continued a day after the tragedyA huge advertising hoarding in Ghatkopar had collapsed on a petrol pump on Monday leaving several people trapped under the debris the officials said