Mumbai on red alert as several areas record 100 mm of rainfall; waterlogging leads to traffic snarls

According to the IMD, the Santacruz observatory recorded 83.8 mm of rainfall till Sunday morning, followed by 120.8 mm of rainfall recorded at the coastal observatory of Colaba. This is the second highest single-day rainfall figure recorded since 2021. Last year on September 26, the Colaba observatory recorded 169 mm of rainfall within a 24-hour span.

Meanwhile, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) automatic weather system showed that several pockets in the island city as well as eastern and western suburbs recorded rainfall above 100 mm till Sunday morning. The civic body’s data shows that 121 mm of rainfall was recorded at Mulund, followed by 114 mm at Borivali, 110 mm at Dahisar, 109 mm at Colaba, and 95 mm at Byculla. Overall, Mumbai’s western suburbs recorded an average of 81.42 mm of rainfall, followed by 71.98 mm in the island city and 70.44 mm in the eastern suburbs.

The BMC’s disaster cell has also forecast a high tide of 3.24 m on Sunday afternoon. Usually high-tide situations coupled with rain intensify the waterlogging in Mumbai.

IMD officials said the city would remain covered under dark clouds throughout the day as heavy rain would continue.

“The ongoing rain activity is the result of a low pressure developed over the Bay of Bengal. As a result, Mumbai, along with several parts of Maharashtra will continue to see heavy to very heavy rainfall activity throughout the day,” an official told The Indian Express.

Trees fall and houses collapse

Owing to the overnight heavy rain, according to the BMC’s disaster cell, eight incidents of tree falls were reported in Mumbai, followed by five incidents of house collapse, in Mumbai till Sunday morning. Eleven cases of short circuits were recorded in Mumbai in the past 24 hours. Eleven of the incidents were recorded in the western suburbs, followed by eight incidents in the island city, and five in the eastern suburbs. No injuries were reported in any of these incidents.

The rainfall activity also affected vehicular movement in Mumbai as traffic snarls were reported at both the Western and Eastern Express Highways on Sunday morning. The civic authorities have also shut down the Andheri subway for vehicular movement after it got inundated owing to waterlogging.

The civic authorities said that dewatering pumps installed at Gandhi Market and Chunabhatti had been made operational at full capacity and that no waterlogging was reported from these areas. Traffic movement has been slow, though.

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