Mumbai rains updates: After heavy showers, rain intensity likely to dip

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation reported the following average rainfall in Mumbai from 8 a.m. on Saturday to 8 a.m. on Sunday.

- Mumbai City: 95.51 mm- Eastern Suburbs: 115.81 mm- Western Suburbs: 131.51 mm

It said the city will receive heavy to very heavy rainfall occurrences in both the city and suburbs, with isolated areas possibly experiencing extremely heavy rainfall.

- Abhinay Deshpande

Heavy showers lashed the city and suburbs over the last 24 hours but the rain intensity is likely to reduce in Mumbai on July 14, as per the weather department.

The India Meteorological Department has issued a ‘red’ alert for Kolhapur, Satara, Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri districts in Maharashtra, predicting very heavy rainfall on Sunday.

In the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 a.m. on Sunday, the Colaba observatory in south Mumbai recorded 92 mm rainfall, while the Santacruz observatory (representative of western suburbs) recorded 142 mm rain, as per the IMD data.

The MeT department has predicted less intense rain activity in Mumbai on Sunday. The agricultural regions of Marathwada and Vidarbha received less intense rainfall compared to Mumbai and other coastal areas of Maharashtra in the last 24 hours. The weather department has predicted low intensity or scattered showers in these areas on Sunday.

PTI

Heavy rain in city and suburbs with very heavy rainfall at isolated places. Maximum and Minimum temperatures likely to be around 28 deg. C. and 24 deg. C.

- Abhinay Deshpande

Mumbai received heavy rainfall overnight from Saturday to Sunday, causing significant waterlogging in multiple areas across the city, including the vicinity of the international airport. 

The IMD has issued a Nowcast alert, forecasting intense rainfall in isolated areas of the neighbouring Thane and Raigad districts for the next 3 to 4 hours.

“Intense spells of rain are expected in isolated areas of Raigad and Thane districts over the next 3-4 hours,” the IMD said.

- Abhinay Deshpande