Mumbai rains live updates: City gets highest rainfall of season in 12 hours

Waterlogging at Shaikh Mistri Durgah Road, BPT Colony Sky Walk, Sakkar Panchayat, Khetwadi, Maharshi Karve Road, Nair Hospital, CP Tank, Masjid Bunder areas of island city, apart from Postal Colony (Chembur), Pragati Niwas(Govandi) of eastern suburb of Mumbai.

Traffic diversion at Gandhi Market (Sion), Shell Colony Road via Chembur Naka, Mumbai Central, Gol Deval, Nair Hospital Road via Boman Behram Marg and Sant Rohidas Chowk

Water that entered JJ hospital after incessant showers now cleared: BMC

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) informed that water entered JJ Hospital on Thursday evening due to incessant rainfall, and that was later cleared and there is no water accumulation in the hospital now.

Rainfall recorded by IMD Mumbai Colaba observatory between August 5-6 (8.30am-5.30am) has been 330mm while the IMD Santa Cruz observatory has recorded 146.1mm rains.

Reduction in rainfall expected in Mumbai on Thursday: IMD

Mumbai, which was battered by heavy rains on Wednesday, may see less intense showers on Thursday, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a late night forecast. There was some decrease in the cloud mass around Mumbai, the IMD said.

Mumbai gets 294mm rain in 12 hrs, breaks 46-yr record for 24 hrs

South Mumbai was battered by heavy rain and lashing winds on Wednesday as unprecedented incidents of flooding were witnessed at several key spots with the Indian Meteorological Department’s Colaba centre recording 293.8 mm of rain in 12 hours—incidentally, the highest August rain received in a period of 24 hours since 1974.

BMC starts 20% water cut in city as lake levels still low

Amidst the extremely heavy downpour over the past two days, the BMC implemented a 20% water cut in the city from Wednesday, due to poor rainfall in catchment areas in July. Although it has been raining heavily for the past two days in districts close to the catchment areas of five lakes that supply water to Mumbai, the stock rose just 2% in the 24 hours till Wednesday morning.

Dahanu gets highest rainfall since 1945, villages submerged

Dahanu broke its 75-year August rainfall record after it received 383mm rain early on Wednesday, exceeding its previous best of 355mm in 1945. While heavy rain began lashing the coastal town of Dahanu taluka on Monday, the intensity increased by Tuesday night. The district administration had issued a red alert for Wednesday and Thursday. While no untoward incident was reported, several villages, roads and bridges were submerged in water. At Dharampur village in Dahanu, around 15 small boats anchored on the shore were washed away. The boats were used to carry villagers across the river.

Mumbai gets season’s average rainfall in just two months

The mega city reported intense rain activity on Wednesday. Following the extremely heavy downpour, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) observatories at Colaba and Santacruz have surpassed the season’s average rainfall of 2,066mm and 2,260.4mm, respectively, for four months in a span of about two months. So far, IMD Colaba has recorded 2,301.8mm and Santacruz 2,338.2mm.