Mumbai rains live updates: Flooded streets in Andheri East. Mumbai rains live updates: After a day marked by deluge and waterlogging, Mumbaikars woke up to more heavy rain in the city and its suburbs on Wednesday, with the IMD issuing an orange alert. According to the weather department’s latest data, intense showers are expected in parts of the city today.
Incessant and heavy rains across the city threw normal life out of gear on Tuesday with the city witnessing severe waterlogging at nearly 20 streets and locations, causing delay in local train services and disrupting vehicular traffic. With Tuesday’s downpour, Mumbai has recorded 69.41 per cent (594 mm) of the average July rainfall (855.7 mm) in just the first five days of the month.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reviewed the flood situation in the state as many parts witnessed heavy rainfall on Tuesday. He asked the NDRF team to relocate people along river banks and flood lines to safer places. Coastal Konkan, Kolhapur, Palghar, Thane, and Mumbai are being monitored.
Man walks under an umbrella amid heavy rainfall in Mumbai. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)
Amid heavy showers, widespread traffic snarls were reported in the city. Here are some roads to avoid:
-Traffic movement slow at everard Nagar
-Due to potholes and BKC connector traffic slow moving due to bottleneck
-Due to water logging, vehicular movement is slow at Mancherji Joshi Chowk Junction.
Amid heavy showers this morning, 24 Bus routes have been cancelled or diverted due to water logging. The following bus routes were diverted on Wednesday:
- At Sangam Nagar Antop Hill: 110, 117 Via Curtailed at Indian Hume
- At Hindmata Cinema: 25, 40, 368 Via Bhoiwada
- At Mankhurd Railway Stn Subway - c-60, a-493, 501, 502, 504, 506 Via Mankhurd Railway Stn. Bridge
A landslide occurred on a road leading to the Pratapgad Fort in western Maharashtra's Satara district on Wednesday following heavy rains, an official said.
There was no report of any casualty and no one was trapped in the debris, the Public Works Department's executive engineer, Sanjay Sonawane, said.
The incident took place in the wee hours on the mainm district road (no.17) which leads to Pratapgad, located about 140 k from Pune and over 200 km from Mumbai. "There was a minor incident of a landslide as a portion of the hillside crashed on the road leading to the Pratapgad Fort. After receiving information, our team reached the spot and clear the debris from the road," Sonawane said. (PTI)
As heavy rainfall continued to lash vast swathes of Mumbai on Wednesday, the IMD issued an orange alert.
Four arterial subways in the north-west part of Mumbai had to be closed for traffic on Tuesday due to heavy rains since the early hours of the day, officials said.
These subways, namely Golibar, Milan, Andheri and Malad connect the east and west stretches of the north-western suburbs, which are otherwise divided by Western Railway tracks.
"Motorists have been diverted to alternate routes due to the closure of these four subways at present. Rains have caused traffic snarls in several places, leading to vehicles moving at snail's pace or getting stalled for long periods," a traffic police official said. (PTI)
Very heavy rainfall was recorded in Mumbai in 24 hours ending at 8:30 am on a Wednesday. IMDs Santacruz observatory recorded 194 mm rainfall, while Colaba observatory recorded 84 mm rain in the same period.
After a day marked by deluge and waterlogging, Mumbaikars woke up to more heavy rain in the city and its suburbs on Wednesday. According to the weather department’s latest data, intense showers are expected in parts of the city today.
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Mumbai's Santacruz recorded 155.3 mm rainfall in 12 hours ending 8.30 pm today. The rainfall recorded in other stations are;
Colaba- 58 mm
Ratnagiri – 57.0mm
Panjim- 36.0 mm
Mumbai Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) data
Byculla – 85.5 mm
Mahalaxmi -62.0 mm
Sion -159.0mm
Bandra – 138mm
Juhu -123mm
Ram Mandir -125.5mm
A part of a road in Mumbra in Thane district caved in on Tuesday amid heavy rains, a civic official said.
TMC RDMC chief Avinash Sawant said the incident took place in Samrat Ashok Nagar at around 6:30pm, adding there were no reports of injuries. (PTI)
Praveen Darekar, the Leader of Opposition in state legislative council, toured rain hit Raigad district Tuesday. The district had recorded 230 mm of rainfall in 24 hours ending 8:30 AM on Tuesday.
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde visited BMC Disaster Management Room today to take a stock of the situation following heavy rainfall.
(Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)
In view of heavy rains, 1,543 people in the coastal Raigad district of Maharashtra have been shifted to safer places, while six houses suffered partial damage, a district official said on Tuesday.
Tala town recorded the highest 245 mm of rainfall in the Raigad district in the last 24 hours ending 8:30 AM on Tuesday. The district recorded 230 mm of rainfall in the same period, which amounts to 22.46% of the average rainfall of the year for the district.
A total of 526 families were shifted to safer places in Poladpur, Mahad, and Mangaon talukas considering the possibility of landslides and floods.
"A total of 1,543 people are shifted to safer places. Six houses from various places suffered partial damage due to rain," the official from the district collector's office said. (PTI)
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde reviewed the flood situation in the state as many parts witnessed heavy rainfall on Tuesday. He asked the NDRF team to relocate people along river banks and flood lines to safer places. Coastal Konkan, Kolhapur, Palghar, Thane, and Mumbai are being monitored.
Mumbai city and suburbs are likely to experience intense spells of rainfall during the next 3-4 hours, the Regional Meteorological Center (RMC) Mumbai said.
Amid heavy rainfall, The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert in Mumbai for the entire week. Extremely heavy rain has been predicted at isolated places on July 7 and 8.
Amid heavy rainfall in all sections of the Mumbai Division, local trains were delayed on the Main Line and Harbor line of the Central Railway. The trains ran smoothly elsewhere.