Mumbai weather: Light showers expected today; Thane on heavy rainfall alert

Amid steady spells of rainfall, Mumbai recorded at least 11 cases of short circuits, 10 cases of tree collapses, and four cases of partial house collapses across the city in the past 24 hours.

Over time, the intensity of rainfall is expected to ease across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, as well as in the extended Konkan belt of Maharashtra. Mumbai, Thane and Palghar will receive light to moderate rainfall until Sunday, August 9. Then, starting Thursday, August 6, the rain activity is expected to ease in the three cities.

Mumbai typically receives an average of 560.8 mm rainfall in August. Last month, the city’s suburban recording station logged 1,492 mm rainfall between July 1 and July 30, marking a positive departure of nearly 66 percent above the actual average rainfall.

Between Tuesday and Wednesday morning, the IMD observatories in Santacruz and Colaba recorded 13.5 mm and 10 mm rainfall, respectively. The heaviest showers were recorded in the western suburbs at an average of 17.56 mm rainfall, followed by 17 mm in the western suburbs and 13.06 mm across the island city division.

During the same period, Navi Mumbai’s Digha area received 32.80 mm rainfall, followed by 23 mm in Airoli, 19 mm in Belapur, 18.60 mm in Koparkhairne, 15.60 mm in Vashi and 11 mm in Nerul.

Since June 1, Mumbai’s Santacruz observatory has recorded 1,980.6 mm of rain, while Navi Mumbai has received 2,059 mm of rainfall between June 1 and today.