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Clouds Took Barso Re Megha Too Seriously As Mumbai Witnesses Floods With First Rain. Netizens React

by Vaishalee Kalvankar
Clouds Took Barso Re Megha Too Seriously As Mumbai Witnesses Floods With First Rain. Netizens React

Mumbaikars have been waiting for the Mumbai rains to hit since June 1, and finally, even though a bit late, the rains are here and how! According to the most recent weather report, in the last 24 hours, Colaba witnessed 95 mm of rain, Mira Road 181mm, Dahisar 220mm, Santacruz 176 mm, and Chembur 120mm. Many videos and images of flood like situations surfaced on the internet. It looks like the clouds took our “Barso re Megha Megha” pleas too seriously. 

Mumbai Witnesses Floods With First Rain

Mumbai finally witnessed its first proper rainfall of 2023 on Saturday, June 24. But the heavy rainfall faced by the city caused waterlogging in many parts of the city. Even after BMC’s pre-monsoon work claims, several places like Sion Road 24, Andheri Subway, Dahisar Subway, Tilak Nagar, and Dadar TT Circle saw waterlogging. 

In just a matter of four hours, from 4pm to 8pm on Saturday, the city saw rainfall that crossed the 100mm mark, according to the BMC’s automatic weather station. On Saturday, the India Meteorological Department issued a yellow alert for the city, but as the intensity of the rain increased, the alert was changed to orange. 

As ever, places were flooded because of the rain, and social media was flooded with pictures and videos from netizens. These videos and pictures included everything from subways getting waterlogged to rainfall in the railway station. 

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Water Park Is Now Open, Say Twitteratis

The internet, especially Twitter, saw mixed reactions from netizens to Mumbai’s first rains. With pictures and videos, netizens expressed their emotions about the first showers.  

Many netizens were pissed off as they shared videos of several areas getting waterlogged on the very first day after just 4 hours of heavy rainfall. They blamed BMC for their negligence and irresponsibility. The waterlogging led to traffic in several areas, and people shared their ordeal on Twitter. A bunch of netizens took a light note of it and announced the opening of Mumbai’s free water parks. 

Amidst all the chaos, there were some netizens who were enjoying the first showers and were thankful for them. They shared pleasant pictures of the same on the internet.

The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for Mumbai as rain is forecast for the next four to five days. According to the forecast, this rain will complete June’s rainfall quota in just a week. 

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How did you celebrate the first showers of 2023?

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