Waterlogging in Dadar after a heavy downpour. (Express Photo: Nirmal Harindran)
Mumbai Rains Live Updates: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert in Mumbai, warning of “extremely heavy” rainfall in the city on Tuesday and Wednesday. With Mumbai, Thane and Raigad district expected to receive showers for the next 48 hours, the state disaster management unit and fire brigade have been put on standby to conduct rescue and relief work.
Due to the forecast, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has advised all offices and establishments in the city, barring emergency services, to remain closed today. People have been advised to avoid leaving their homes.
Several areas are waterlogged in the city, hampering the movement of people. Transport services on the main and harbour lines of Vadala and Parel remain suspended. However, shuttle services between Vashi, Panvel and Kalyan are operating as of now, Mumbai’s Central Rail Chief Public Relations Officer confirmed.
The high tide is expected to set in at 12.47 pm. This spell of rain marks Mumbai’s second since mid-July. The intensity of rain is likely to decrease from August 6.
Top angle view of the Fort and the eastern waterfront from Taj Hotel. (Express File Photo: Amit Chakravarty)
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Mayor Kishori Pednekar visited Dadar and Hindmata after waterlogging was reported in these areas following heavy rains.
Considered among the wettest areas in Maharashtra – due to its orographic conditions – Mahabaleshwar’s annual rainfall is nearly 5,710 mm. Most of the rainfall takes place between June and September, amounting to nearly 5,530.1 mm, making it a tourist hotspot in the rainy season.
This year, Mahabaleshwar recorded its driest June and July — the first two months of the Southwest Monsoon — in five decades. In the last two months, the hill station in Satara district has recorded 1,922.8 mm rain, which is 40 per cent below normal for this time of the year. (Read Anjali Marar's report here)
Scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall in Mumbai and its suburbs in the last 24 hours.
Multiple and simultaneous favourable weather systems are presently active, which have revived the southwest monsoon. Since Sunday night, there has been continuous heavy rainfall reported all along the west coast of Maharashtra, Goa and Kerala, with very heavy rain in Mumbai, Ratnagiri and Mahabaleshwar. (Read our explainer here)
As suburban services between Bandra-Churchgate were suspended due to waterlogging at Dadar & Prabhadevi, Western Railways are running special services between Virar-Andheri-Bandra.
On 56 routes across Mumbai, bus routes were diverted and some cancelled due to flooding and waterlogging over 25 roads.Here are the details of all the bus routes affected today.
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation(BMC) has warned an expected tide of 4.45 meters at 12:47 pm today when the tide would be at its peak.
According to IMD, rainfall recorded at other places in the city till 8.30 am Tuesday
Dahisar-254mm
Mahalaxmi-180mm
Mira Road-273mm
Ram Mandir-230mm
Bhayander-156mm
Ratnagiri-189mm
Sindhudurg-158mm
Following the red alert issued by IMD, the santa cruz observatory recorded 268.6mm of rainfall and Colaba station recorded 252.2mm falling under extremely heavy rain and Thane recorded very heavy rainfall of 120mm till 8.30 am on Tuesday. This is the highest 24 hours rain in the last 3 years in August.