The India Meteorological Department has issued a ‘yellow’ alert in Mumbai and its suburbs over the next two days stating that isolated areas are very likely to receive heavy rainfall. Additionally, the weather service has issued a "orange" advisory for the next two days, anticipating heavy to extremely heavy rainfall for Thane, Palghar, Raigad, and Dhule.
The weather office has also issued an orange notice for Saturday and Sunday for Pune and Satara in Maharashtra, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall in mountainous areas. There are additional rain warnings for other areas, including as Nasik, Nandurbar, Kolhapur, and Aurangabad.
On Thursday, the weather department said, “Due to the active monsoon conditions, enhanced rainfall activity is expected over parts of Konkan, Madhya Maharashtra & Marathwada during 15-18."
The IMD reports that some areas of Maharashtra are likely to experience waterlogging as a result of the heavy rain, which may lead to disruption to road, rail, air, and ferry transport.
At Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, a private plane carrying eight people—including crew members—skipped off the runway at around 5:02 p.m. on Thursday due to heavy downpour. The VSR Ventures Learjet 45, registered as VT-DBL, took off from Visakhapatnam.
According to the airport authorities, everyone onboard suffered injuries and were taken to the nearest hospital.
Dhruv Kotak, Lars Sorensen, KK Krishnadas, Aakarsh Sethi, Arul Sali, and Kamakshi were the names of the eight passengers. Pilots Sunil and Neil were in charge of the flight at the time; however, they had suffered serious injuries and required immediate surgery.
The mishap, according to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), took place because of poor visibility following significant rain.
