Mumbai gets monthly quota of July rain in 20 days

Rains have been battering the city continuously resulting in waterlogging in several low-lying areas in both island city and the suburban belt.

Owing to a low-pressure, the IMD has issued an orange alert for Mumbai on Thursday and Friday indicating heavy rains to continue.

In the last 24 hours, the Santacruz observatory recorded 99 mm of rainfall.

The IMD categorizes rainfall between 64.5 mm and 115.5 mm as heavy rains, and the downpour that Mumbai experienced over the past 24-hours qualifies for this category.

The coastal observatory at Colaba has recorded 85 mm of rain in the past 24 hours.

The data also states that between June 1 and July 20, Santacruz has recorded 1,458 mm of rain, while Colaba has recorded 1,117 mm.

Colaba, between July1 and July 20 has recorded rainfall upto 692 mm.

Earlier, in June 2023, the rainfall quota in Mumbai was also exceeded by 2 per cent as the IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded 549 mm against its monthly average of 537 mm.

Sushma Nair, scientist from IMD Mumbai, said that exceeding the monthly average quota of rains during monsoon is a normal phenomenon.

“Mumbai and Konkan belt of Maharashtra have recorded good rainfall so far, which has resulted in surpassing the monthly normal limits. This type of phenomenon is recorded in certain months during the monsoon season whenever there is good rainfall,” Nair told The Indian Express on Thursday.

“We have also extended the orange alert for Mumbai till Friday since a low pressure has developed in the Bay of Bengal and depending on its movement, the alert will be updated again. However, it is quite possible that the rains will recede gradually and Mumbai will not experience such intense rains,” Nair said.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) have shown 110 mm of rain in the western suburbs, while eastern suburbs recorded 96.7 mm and island city recorded 95 mm.

Over the past 24 hours, Dahisar has recorded 136 mm of rains, while Borivli recorded 129 mm, Wadala recorded 122 mm and Dadar recorded 121 mm of rains. Parel and Worli recorded 85 mm of rain.

Traffic snarls were recorded in several places on Thursday as well, including the Western Express Highway (WEH) and Eastern Express Highway (EEH). The SV Road in the western suburbs and link road also recorded traffic snarls due to bad patches and potholes.

The civic body’s data also state that over the past 24 hours, 56 tree collapse incidents were reported in Mumbai, out of which 27 were from western suburbs,13 from eastern suburbs and 16 from the island city.

No injuries or death was reported in these incidents.

During the past 24 hours, 14 incidents of partial house collapse were reported in the city, with 18 cases of short circuit.