Mumbaikars hold on to your umbrellas tightly as heavy rains such as those on Friday will continue over the weekend.

The Indian Meteorological Department has said that that there has been a forecast for ‘heavy to very heavy’ rainfall across Konkan and Goa and it includes Mumbai as well.

On Friday, the city was lashed with heavy rains, causing water-logging in few areas such as Dadar, Parel and Santacruz.

Speaking about the monsoon, June, so far, has been rain deficient for Mumbai. However, the IMD stated that the monsoon is building up and with forecast of heavy rains the situation could change by the month end.

On an average, June receives 523 mm of rains and with monsoon already delayed by 10 days there was worry beginning to crop up. However, the rains that have picked up since Thursday and has got only intense on Friday has brought a sigh of relief.

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