Mumbai receives more than half the quota of Sept rain in two days
For the first time since July, the city recorded three-digit rainfall figures with Santacruz registering 111 mm rain in 24 hours ending Friday morning. Previously, rain surpassed the 100-mm mark in the city on July 28.
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Vehicles move on a waterlogged road following heavy rain at Andheri, in Mumbai. (PTI) Mumbai has been receiving heavy rain since Thursday and has recorded over 50 per cent of the monthly quota of September rain within two days till Friday, according the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The Santacruz observatory recorded around 193 mm of rainfall between September 1 and Friday evening, as per IMD data, while the monthly average rain quota for the Santacruz weather station in September is around 359.6 mm.
For the first time since July, the city recorded three-digit rainfall figures with Santacruz registering 111 mm rain in 24 hours ending Friday morning. Previously, rain surpassed the 100-mm mark in the city on July 28.
On Friday, till 5.30 pm, the Santacruz observatory recorded 70.3 mm rainfall, while the Colaba observatory registered 46 mm of rain.
Owing to the incessant showers, the weather bureau issued an orange alert for Mumbai on Friday stating that heavy to very heavy rainfall will continue to grip the megapolis, along with the neighbouring districts of Thane, Palghar and Raigad. While no alert has been issued for Mumbai today, a yellow alert warning has been extended until Sunday in Thane and Raigad districts.
Speaking to The Indian Express, scientists from IMD Mumbai attributed the vigorous revival of South west monsoon over North Konkan and other regions of Maharashtra to the current positioning of the cyclonic circulation over central parts of Odisha and adjoining Chhattisgarh to southwest Madhya Pradesh.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Automatic Weather System showed that western suburbs received 51mm rain followed by the eastern suburbs wherein 47.6mm of showers were recorded. The city division received a 35 mm downpour. Among the various pockets of the city, the maximum showers were recorded in the M/East division that comprises Mankhurd.
#WATCH | Maharashtra: Heavy rain lashes parts of Mumbai city
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Several swathes of the city experienced water-logging and traffic woes due to which Andheri Subway was shut twice for short durations.
A bulletin issued by the civic body also showed that 16 incidents of tree collapse and five cases of partial building collapse were reported in the city until Friday evening. In another incident reported at 5.34 pm on Friday, three cows died of electrocution after coming in contact with an electric pole in Andheri East.
Meanwhile, clocking in the highest single-day increase in the past one month, the water stock in the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai rose to 93 per cent on Friday, which is a three per cent rise in 24 hours. On the same day, last year, the lake levels had touched 98.51 per cent of the total capacity.
Mumbai draws its daily water supply from seven different lakes – Tansa, Bhatsa, Modak Sagar, Tulsi, Vehar, Upper Vaitarna and Middle Vaitarna. Until Friday morning, the maximum showers were received over Vaitarna lake at 135 mm followed closely by the Vihar lake which received 133 mm rain.
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