Overview
- The government says June rainfall is about 43% below average, prompting the agriculture ministry to prepare contingency measures such as alternative crop patterns and water-conservation steps.
- Mumbai recorded intense first‑spell downpours on June 24 with many stations logging 200–300+ mm in 24 hours, which flooded low‑lying areas, stalled road and suburban rail traffic, and led civic agencies to deploy thousands of officers and dewatering pumps.
- The India Meteorological Department has placed 31 districts in Maharashtra under graded alerts, with six districts under orange and 25 under yellow, and it warns more active spells will move across the state over the next days.
- Heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides in Arunachal Pradesh’s Keyi Panyor area that left at least one person dead, several missing and multiple houses damaged, according to local police and disaster officials.
- Despite the downpour in Mumbai, the city’s seven reservoirs remain at critical lows, keeping short‑term water restrictions possible and raising real risks for kharif sowing, food prices and rural livelihoods if the weak national trend continues.