Mumbai rains HIGHLIGHTS: Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in Mumbai on Saturday. (Express photo/Pradip Das)
Mumbai rains: Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in Mumbai and Thane as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted “active monsoon conditions over the west coast” on Saturday. “Very active monsoon conditions over the west coast, with deep westerlies. Heavy rainfall expected in Mumbai, Thane and around the west coast,” the IMD said in its daily bulletin.
Three people were killed in separate incidents, while five others were injured as the first spell of heavy rains lashed the city on Friday. Rainfall of 139.9 mm was recorded by the IMD’s Santacruz station between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, while Colaba received 26.1 mm of rainfall. The other areas which saw heavy rainfall during this period were Ghatkopar (280.80 mm), Powai (164 mm) and BKC-East (147.40 mm).
Temperatures in the city, too, dipped with maximum dropping to 28.7 degrees Celsius in Colaba and 29.2 degrees Celsius in Santacruz. Though the rain intensity is expected to go down post Sunday, the city must brace itself for a similar downpour after July 3 (Wednesday) when a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal is set to move westward, leading to the rains intensifying on July 4 before receding again on July 5.
While several BEST buses were diverted, local train services were also affected due to the flooding. (Express photo/Nirmal Harindran)
"About 1.5 m of platform edge of platform no. 3 towards dead end, caved at Virar Railway Station at about 2 AM today. There's no repercussion on trains. They're being received&dispatched normally. It's a minor cave, and repair work will be completed soon," the Western Railway PRO said.
In separate incidents, two people died due to electrocution because of heavy rains in Maharashtra officials said Saturday. One incident took place in Thane district, while the other incident happened in Ambarnath, officials from the District Disaster Management Cell said. The deceased were identified as Nagesh Nirange, 46, who died in Thane, while the person who died in Ambarnath was identified as 22-year-old Vishnu Solanki.
Mumbai clocked its first spell of three-digit rainfall on Friday to the tune of 235 mm. According to Skymet Weather, this is the second highest rainfall recorded in the city in a span of 24 hours in the last 10 years. This three-digit rainfall, however, is not unusual for Mumbai. In fact, two-three spells of such torrential rainfall are usually witnessed in June.
On July 4, the rain activities are expected to intensify over North Madhya Maharashtra and North Konkan and Goa, Skymet Weather reported. During that time, Dahanu, Thane and Mumbai are also likely to get moderate to heavy showers.
According to IMD in Mumbai, intense spells of rainfall is likely to continue in the districts of Greater Mumbai and Thane for the next four hours.
According to IMD, rainfall of 34.4 mm was recorded at Colaba and 36.6 mm at Santacruz between 8.30 am and 11.30 am today.
By July 5, the weather activities are expected to subside and the rain intensity reduced over entire Maharashtra, Skymet Weather said.
According to Skymet Weather, during the last 24 hours, most parts of Maharashtra have been receiving good rains. Heavy to extremely heavy rains were recorded over Konkan and Goa, light to moderate rains with a few heavy spells was witnessed over Madhya Maharashtra. Scattered rains were witnessed over Vidarbha.
Several BEST buses were also diverted due to waterlogging on S V Road, and near National College, Bandra Talkies, Sion, Hindmata and Gandhi Market in King’s Circle. The buses were diverted via P D Hinduja Road in Khar, parts of Sion, Hindmata flyover and Mumbai Marathi Granth Sangrahalaya Marg in Dadar east, BEST officials had said.
On Friday, the first spell of monsoon showers left traffic crawling on several routes. At least 2.5-foot of rainwater was accumulated on the S V Road in Khar, following which traffic had to be diverted to Linking Road, officials said. Intense waterlogging also led to heavy traffic snarls in parts of Powai, Vikhroli, Mulund, Andheri-Kurla Road, stretches of the Western Express Highway, Wadala, Bhandup village road and Ghatkopar East, especially in the afternoon, Mumbai police said.
According to Skymet, the tide timings would add on to the waterlogging at places that are close to the coastline or the shore. “In the next two days, there stands a chance that rainfall might exceed the value of 200 mm,” a statement on the website had earlier read. Though the rain intensity is expected to go down post Sunday, the city must brace itself for a similar downpour after July 3 (Wednesday) when a low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal is set to move westward, leading to the rains intensifying on July 4 before receding again on July 5.
Rainfall of 139.9 mm was recorded by the IMD's Santacruz station between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, while Colaba received 26.1 mm of rainfall on Friday. The other areas which saw heavy rainfall during this period were Ghatkopar (280.80 mm), Powai (164 mm) and BKC-East (147.40 mm). Temperatures in the city, too, dipped with maximum dropping to 28.7 degrees Celsius in Colaba and 29.2 degrees Celsius in Santacruz.
Central Railway Mumbai Suburban services are running normally on all the four corridors viz Main line CSMT/Kalyan/Kasara/Karjat/Khopoli, Harbour CSMT/Panvel/Goregaon, Trans Harbour Thane/Vashi/Panvel and 4th corridor to Kharkopar, Central Railway announced today.
According to BMC’s disaster management cell, two persons died due to electrocution, while as many were injured in the incident near Irwani Estate in Goregaon East on Friday. Rajesh Yadav (60) and Sanjay Yadav (34) were declared dead, while two other members of the family, Ashadevi Yadav (50) and Dipu Yadav (24), are undergoing treatment at Jogeshwari Trauma Centre, officials said.
According to BMC, Mumbai city received 127 mm rainfall, western suburbs received 170 mm rainfall and eastern suburbs received 197mm rainfall, in the last 24 hours.
A drastic decrease in the rains is expected from Sunday. However, the rains are expected to continue till July 3, Skymet Weather reported. A low-pressure area, which is developing in the Bay of Bengal, is expected to travel to Maharashtra via Central India in the coming days.
Three motorcycles and a car were damaged after a huge banyan tree, opposite the Cricket Club of India, fell due to the impact of the rain and wind this morning. BMC officials are at the spot to clear the area.
A slight increase was recorded in the level of the lakes due to the rains. While it was recorded at 71,017 million litres (4.91%) on Thursday, however, after yesterday's downpour, it rose to 76,833 million litres (5.33%). Vihar and Tulsi lakes received maximum rainfall of 376 mm and 293mm, respectively in the last 24 hours.
CT- 127 mm
WS- 170 mm
ES- 197 mm
Colaba- 51.8mm
Santacruz- 217.2 mm
The off-shore trough along the West Coast and the cyclonic circulation over east-central Arabian Sea have kept the Monsoon active to vigorous over Mumbai and nearby coastal areas of Konkan region, Skymet Weather reported. As per weathermen, rains are here to stay, it added.
Complaints of waterlogging were reported from areas like Mazgaon, Hindamata, Matunga, Sion, Kurla, Chembur, Bandra and Andheri, even as Milan and Andheri subways remained flooded for at least an hour yesterday. While several BEST buses were diverted, local train services were also affected, with trains running 15 to 20 minutes behind scheduled, as water accumulated on tracks in several areas.
On Friday, three people were killed in separate incidents, while five others were injured as the first spell of heavy rains lashed the city. Heavy showers in the morning, stretching almost for four hours in some areas, followed by intermittent rainfall triggered flooding in several parts of the city and slowed down traffic on the Western and Eastern Express Highways, belying the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) claim of monsoon preparedness.
According to Skymet Weather, heavy to very heavy rains would continue to lash entire city today. Intense clouding has been engulfing the city and as the day progresses, rains are likely to intensify.
“Very active monsoon conditions over the west coast, with deep westerlies. Heavy rainfall expected in Mumbai, Thane and around the west coast,” the IMD said in its daily bulletin.
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