Sizeable dust storms have hit various suburbs within the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) such as Kalyan-Dombivli twin-city municipality in the Thane area, Panvel, which is located in Navi Mumbai and other nearby areas, as evidenced by video footage captured by netizens on Saturday.
User Vidyasagar Jagadeesan captured footage of a "sandstorm-like situation" at Panvel and shared it on 'X', depicting gales of dusting swirling around the locality and posted the video at 4:12 p.m.
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Winds triggering a sandstorm like situation at Panvel. pic.twitter.com/ssQFQrBNfI
— 🇮🇳 Vidyasagar Jagadeesan🇮🇳 (@jvidyasagar) May 9, 2026
A few minutes earlier, another user Subhash Jagtap, posted footage at 4:01 p.m. of the same storm in Panvel, noting how it had caused visibility issues, darkness, traffic slowdowns and widespread confusion among citizens, with sunlight being blocked out by the storm.
पनवेल येथे काही मिनिटांपूर्वी आलेल्या धुळीच्या वादळामुळे परिसरात अचानक थोडा अंधार दाटून आला असून, जोरदार वाऱ्यासह मोठ्या प्रमाणात धूळ हवेत उडाल्याने वाहनचालक आणि नागरिकांची चांगलीच तारांबळ उडाली. अनेक ठिकाणी दृश्यमानता कमी झाली असून, काही भागांत वाहतूकही मंदावल्याचे चित्र पाहायला… pic.twitter.com/1SXl6r3zlT
— subhash jagtap (@subhash1512j) May 9, 2026
Prominent local weather tracking account Mumbai Rains also noted dust storm-like conditions posting footage that exhibited the same at 3:50 p.m. while cautioning interior MMR residents to stay indoors for the next one to two hours. They asked Mumbai City and neigbouring suburbs to be on Standby alert.
3:50 PM.. Dust storm alert for Panvel & Navi Mumbai ⛈️⚠️
— Mumbai Rains (@rushikesh_agre_) May 9, 2026
People residing in interior MMR, please stay indoors next 1-2 hours
Mumbai City & suburbs on standby alert!
Stay tuned for live updates #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/RT60mgEXXQ
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Netizen Shreekumar Yadav called for construction reforms in their post capturing the dust storms and the surrounding building affected by it in Panvel and tagged the Panvel Municipal Coroporation and news outlets AajTak and APB Majha TV to boost visibility regarding the issue.
See the dust today at panvel location. @PanvelCorp @aajtak @abpmajhatv
— Sreekumar Achary (@ska1plus1) May 9, 2026
Need immediate construction reforms pic.twitter.com/TyDomwfibK
Mumbai Rains also posted video footage from user Hitesh Bhanushali of a "powerful dust storm in Dombivili at 4:30 p.m. and remarked that it is expanding to many parts of the MMR region.
4:30 PM.. Powerful Duststorm in Dombivli ⛈️⚠️
— Mumbai Rains (@rushikesh_agre_) May 9, 2026
Storm is expanding towards many parts of MMR ⚡
Mumbai, Thane still on standby alert
Stay tuned for live updates #MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/6TazmAyeQW
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