Mumbai wakes up to heavy showers amid yellow alert, IMD says downpour to continue

Records from the BMC’s weather stations showed that between Sunday and Monday morning, Mumbai's eastern and western suburbs received an average of 15 mm of rainfall.

Throughout Monday morning, several pockets of the city, including Borivali and Colaba, experienced heavy downpour. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)

After a brief lull in rainfall activity over the weekend, Mumbai on Monday woke up to overcast skies and heavy showers that swept the region overnight. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said the city, which is under a yellow alert, would experience heavy rain throughout the day, following which the intensity of the showers is forecast to reduce to ‘light to moderate’.

Civic officials said that at least 12 untoward incidents, including the collapse of houses and trees, besides short circuits, were reported in the city between Sunday and Monday morning, maintaining that no casualties were reported. Trees came crashing down in at least six places, of which three were in the western suburbs, while four cases of short circuit and two cases of partial house collapse were also reported.

Throughout Monday morning, several pockets of the city, including Borivali and Colaba, experienced heavy downpour. In the 24 hours till 8.30 am on Monday, the Santacruz observatory received 3 mm of rainfall while the Colaba coastal observatory registered 20 mm.

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Records from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) automatic weather stations showed that between Sunday and Monday morning, the eastern and western suburbs received an average of 15 mm of rainfall, while the island city division clocked 7.44 mm.

While the neighbouring districts of Thane, Palghar, and Raigad were placed under a yellow alert between Sunday and Monday, Mumbai was earlier placed under a yellow alert owing to the likelihood of thunderstorms with gusty winds, lightning, and moderate rainfall on Monday. According to the weather bureau, the intensity of rain and thundershowers is expected to reduce after Monday, following which no alerts have been sounded in the region.

Spurred by the heavy showers over the past two weeks, the city on Saturday surpassed its monthly rainfall average quota for the month of September. While Mumbai receives an average of 380 mm of rainfall in September, the Santacruz station has already recorded 410 mm so far.

Overall, the suburban station has reported 2,904 mm of rainfall since June while the Colaba coastal observatory has received 1,930 mm.

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