A brief spell of pre-monsoon rains in the city, saw people in Mumbai rejoice in joy and cheer! The weather in the last few days gave strong indications that the rains are about to arrive in the city. The rains that arrived in the late evening hours, in Mumbai city came as a major relief to its residents.

Be it Twitter, Facebook, or any other social platform, there were heaps of messages, tweets, posts, and updates circulated and posted on different media platforms. We, at LatestLY, bring to you a slew of messages that captured the essence of the beauty of rains in Mumbai city, and how relieved and cheerful they sounded with the arrival of first rains!

1. The view of first rains in the Mumbai city!

2. No one tells it better than your DTH operators about the rain, right?

3. A glimpse of Mumbai's skyline before it down poured heavily!

4. The lightning in the clouds is electrifying in a literal sense!

5. The rain has arrived and so have the problems in the city!

6. Will this year's rains resemble anything from the past, all over again?

7. Finally some respite from the summer heat!

8. Welcome to 'Mumbaica' - World's largest water park!

9. The relief from the summer heat is second to none.

People on social media expressed their happiness with a lot of pictures and video messages that went viral in no time. The joy of experiencing the first rain of the season is a different feeling altogether. For people who were awaiting the monsoon can breathe a sigh of relief, now that the pre-monsoon showers have arrived, one can say that monsoon isn't too far away!

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Jun 02, 2018 10:01 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).