THANE: A total of 448.8mm of rainfall was recorded in the past 24 hours across the lake city, according to the newly-installed weather monitoring system here.
While the maximum rainfall at 139mm was recorded at Pokhran Road 2, including Hiranandani Meadows and Manpada; Wagle Estate received 117.8mm and Kalwa received just 54.8mm of rainfall. Heavy rains lashed the city post-midnight and continued till Saturday morning. The weather station installed at Mumbra recorded 59.6mm rainfall, whereas the one at Panchpakhadi witnessed 77.2mm.
Despite such heavy rain, the regional disaster management cell (RDMC) recorded only three tree fall and one branch fall cases, bringing about a relief among environmentalists who were worried about the increasing tree fall incidents in the last two weeks.
Although there was slow movement of traffic in the early hours of Saturday, no major snarls was reported as waterlogging did not take place in major areas.
However, power supply was snapped at several parts of the city for almost four hours at night. A resident of Waghbil, Siddesh Sukhi, said, “It was around 4am when the electricity went off. It came back at 8am. Fortunately, the weather was pleasant so we could go back to sleep. But in the morning too power had gone for some time.”
Meteorologists claimed that rain bearing clouds are heading towards the North
Konkan region, Mumbai and Thane. This will lead to high intensity rainfall tillWednesday.
Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist at Skymet weather, said, “It has been predicted that the rains will be heavy over the weekend and will continue till Wednesday. After that, the city will receive moderate rainfall.”
Even the RDMC is well equipped with their machinery and rescue teams in case of a disaster. The team has also displayed important contact numbers of ward officials on thanecity.gov.in. Residents can reach out to them in case of a problem.
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