Mumbai is bracing for its annual tryst with the monsoon—and indications are that it could relive the catastrophic 2005 flooding this weekend.
On June 06, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned that India's financial capital will receive “extremely heavy” rainfall between June 09 and June 11, and asked residents to avoid the outdoors on those three days. IMD isn't the only forecaster making that call.
Earlier this week, private weather forecaster Skymet, too, warned thatthe city could witness the worst rains since July 2005 when rainfall of over 900mm was recorded in a single day. That deluge caused deadly flooding and landslides that claimed the lives of hundreds of people.
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