107-year-old record for May rainfall broken in Mumbai, relief camp opened in Kerala

Several parts of southern and western India received heavy rainfall on Monday, two days after the southwest monsoon arrived in Kerala.

The India Meteorological Department issued a red alert warning of heavy rainfall and thunderstorms in Kerala, coastal Karnataka, western Maharashtra and Goa. A red alert requires authorities to “take action” in view of an extreme weather event.

The southwest monsoon arrived in Kerala on May 24, eight days ahead of the usual June 1-mark, the weather agency said. On Sunday, the monsoon arrived in Maharashtra, in what was the earliest onset of the season in the state in 35 years.

Here is a roundup of the key rain-related updates from across the country over the past day:

Maharashtra

The India Meteorological Department on Monday upgraded Mumbai’s weather alert from orange to red, warning of extremely heavy rainfall in parts of Mumbai, Thane, and Raigad.

South Mumbai saw the heaviest showers, with the meteorological department’s Colaba observatory recording 135.4mm of rain in the 24 hours ending 8:30 am Monday, classified as “very heavy rainfall”, The Times of India reported. The station also set a new record for May, logging 295 mm so far this month, surpassing the previous high of 279.4 mm recorded in May 1918.

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