Mumbai's wettest July
Rains continued overnight in Mumbai making July 9 the wettest day of the city in the last nine years. The Colaba Observatory recorded 170.6mm of rain while the one at Santacruz recorded 122mm, the latter a city-wide figure. Fort received the most rain at 203mm till 3 p.m., while Marol in the western suburbs received 172mm — 135mm of it falling in just seven hours. Now, Mumbai has received 1,362.8mm of rain till date this monsoon, 54.19% of its annual average.
The Met department has said rains will continue till Thursday.
Elon Musk in Thai cave
In this image tweeted by billionnaire Elon Musk, rescue personnel are seen walking in a cave at the Tham Luang cave complex during a mission to evacuate the remaining members of a football team trapped inside, in Chiang Rai, Thailand on July 9, 2018. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Billionnaire Elon Musk visited the flooded cave in northern Thailand where a youth football team is trapped since June 23. He has left a mini-submarine there for future use.
The tech entrepreneur tweeted on Tuesday morning he’d “Just returned from Cave 3,” referring to the rescuers’ command center inside the sprawling cave. He posted photos of the cave interior and a video showing people working their way through chest-high water.
Trump picks Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
U.S. President Donald Trump talks with Judge Brett Kavanaugh his Supreme Court nominee, and his family in the East Room of the White House, on Monday in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP
After days of frenzied lobbying and speculation, U.S. President Donald Trump decided on federal appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh for his second nominee to the Supreme Court, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court further to the right.