Police stand guard near Andheri subway, which has been waterlogged due to heavy rain Monday morning. (Express photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee)Mumbai Rains News Highlights: For the second consecutive day, Mumbai’s suburbs received over 100 mm rainfall as heavy rain continued to lash the district. Data from the IMD shows between Monday and Tuesday morning until 8.30 am, the Santacruz observatory in suburbs registered 108 mm rain while the Colaba station received 40 mm rainfall.
Yellow alert issued: While the orange alert sounded in Mumbai ended at 8.30 am on Tuesday morning, the district has now been placed under a yellow alert owing to the likelihood of thunderstorms coupled with heavy rainfall and gusty winds.
Over the next 3 days: According to IMD, Mumbai and its neighbouring districts will continue to receive heavy rainfall until July 25. While Mumbai and Thane have been placed under a yellow alert until July 25, an orange alert has been issued in the neighbouring district of Raigad.
While the orange alert sounded in Mumbai ended at 8.30 am on Tuesday morning, the district has now been placed under a yellow alert owing to the likelihood of thunderstorms coupled with heavy rainfall and gusty winds.
In the past two days, the city has clocked in over 200 mm rainfall, in a respite from the rain deficit which the city was reeling under this month. Earlier between Sunday and Monday, the Santacruz station had recorded 115 mm rain.
For the second consecutive day, Mumbai's suburbs received over 100 mm rainfall as heavy rain continued to lash the district. Data from the IMD shows between Monday and Tuesday morning until 8.30 am, the Santacruz observatory in suburbs registered 108 mm rain while the Colaba station received 40 mm rainfall.
After experiencing a rainfall deficit throughout the month, the city is in for a wet week ahead, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a yellow alert for Mumbai and its neighbouring districts for the week ahead.
Amid heavy rain, a Kochi-Mumbai Air India flight veered off the runway after touchdown at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) on Monday. The Airbus A320neo taxied safely to the gate and all passengers and crew are safe. The plane has been grounded for checks at the Mumbai airport, and minor damages have been reported to the airport’s primary runway.
In its latest bulletin, the IMD has upgraded its forecast to an orange alert in Mumbai and Thane districts stating the likelihood of heavy to very heavy rainfall over the next 24 hours. The orange alert will remain in place until Tuesday morning, following which a yellow alert has been put in place.
The surprise spell of showers triggered water logging in several pockets, leaving office goers in a lurch on Monday morning. Amongst several pocket, traffic took a hit in Andheri subway which was shut owing to accumulation of rain water.
According to the BMC's automatic weather station, the heaviest downpour was recorded in the western suburbs at an average of 50 mm rainfall, followed by 36 rainfall in the eastern suburbs.
Indicating the revival of monsoon currents on cards, the IMD has placed Mumbai and its neighbouring districts of Thane and Palghar under a yellow warning of 'thunderstorms, lightning and moderate rain with gusty winds' in the week ahead.
Even as July is the city's wettest month of the year, Mumbai was reeling under a rain deficit so far.
Given the monsoon season, Mumbai witnesses recurring flooding during heavy rain. With this in mind, the state government has now turned its eye on enhancing the stormwater drainage capacity.
Mumbai’s current stormwater drainage system is designed to handle rainfall up to 55 mm per hour. In the light of increasingly heavy rains, a new separate master plan is being created to handle rainfall exceeding 100 mm per hour.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) under the Union Ministry of Home Affairs will provide additional funds to support this initiative, said Minister for Cultural Affairs and Information Technology and Guardian Minister for Mumbai Suburbs, Ashish Shelar.
As heavy showers continued overnight, several low-lying areas in the city and suburbs witnessed waterlogging. Even the Andheri subway (in western part of Mumbai) was closed for traffic.
Motorists complained of slow traffic movement on both the Eastern Express Highway and the Western Express Highway due to rain and other reasons during the morning rush hours.
Some commuters also complained that locals trains were running with a little delay, as per news agency PTI.
Heavy rainfall and thunderstorm accompanied with lightning is expected across Maharashtra on Monday, and over the next three days, as per the IMD’s daily weather bulletin. Further, it said “fairly widespread to widespread rainfall” is very likely over most parts of the country except Tamil Nadu where isolated to scattered rainfall is likely.
As downpour continued in the suburbs, the Santacruz observatory recorded 115 mm rain between Sunday and Monday morning till 8.30 am. However, the Colaba weather station remained relatively drier at 11 mm rainfall.
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