Mumbai is set to witness a revival of rainfall and thunderstorms, starting Thursday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) stating that rain activity is likely to continue until October 20. However, the showers are unlikely to bring down heat levels as temperatures are forecast to hover over 35°C throughout the coming week.

On Tuesday, temperatures continued to soar in Mumbai with IMD records showing that Mumbai was the second-warmest city of Maharashtra, after Ratnagiri. While Ratnagiri, which falls in the Konkan division, logged a high of 35.5°C, Mumbai’s Santacruz observatory logged 35.3°C, which is over 1.6 degrees above the normal. Meanwhile, the Colaba coastal observatory recorded maximum temperatures of 33.7°C during the day.

Mumbai has been reeling under above-normal t

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