Mumbai water-logged after heavy rain; Monsoon to hit Delhi 12 days early

An LPG cylinder supplier wades through waterlogged S.V. Road after heavy rain at Khar West in Mumbai on Saturday. Heavy rains, coupled with thunderstorms and strong winds, lashed Mumbai and its suburbs on Saturday, leading to disruption of train and bus services as tracks and roads got waterlogged at several locations. Meanwhile, the southwest monsoon is likely to reach Delhi by June 15, 12 days before its usual date of June 27, an India Meteorological Department official said. “Conditions are favourable for an early onset. It (monsoon) may reach Delhi by June 15 this time,” he said. A low pressure area lies over northwest Bay of Bengal. It is likely to move across Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh over the next three to four days.