Mumbai rain: What is causing such heavy showers

In a revival of the southwest monsoon over the west coast, steady mumbai rain has been lashing Mumbai and components of Konkan since Sunday night time. Recording over 1,400 mm, Mumbai skilled one among its heaviest showers of July. However now, extra rain is predicted over the utmost metropolis all via this week.
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The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has positioned 5 districts, together with Mumbai, on a crimson alert as intense rain is predicted through the subsequent few hours, and steady rain until August 6
A number of areas in Mumbai have been flooded after extraordinarily heavy rain in via the night time and this morning.

The native trains, a lifeline for Mumbai's 20 million residents, have been stopped and all workplaces within the metropolis, besides emergency providers will keep closed right now.

The monetary capital and some neighbouring district are on crimson alert for "extraordinarily heavy mumbai rain" right now and tomorrow. Other than Mumbai, the alert has been issued for Thane, Pune, Raigad and Ratnagiri districts of Maharashtra.

What's the climate forecast for Mumbai Rain?

IMD has forecast issued a Nowcast warning, legitimate for the following six hours, for intense spells over Borivili, Powai, Thane, Kalyan, Mulund, Raigad, Harnai, Shrivardhan, Dahanu, Alibag, Ratnagiri, Vijaydurg and Sindhudurg.


With the climate programs prone to stay lively, heavy to very heavy rainfall will proceed to happen over Mumbai, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg and Palghar districts until August 6. Ghat areas shall expertise extraordinarily heavy spells (greater than 204.Four mm) through the subsequent few days.


All these districts have been placed oncrimson’ alert, suggesting prevalence of extraordinarily heavy rainfall.

How a lot has it rained in Mumbai?

Right here is the 12-hour rainfall recorded between August 3 (8.30 pm) and August 4 (8.30 am) alongside Konkan and Goa: Mira Street – 273 mm; Mumbai (Santacruz) – 261 mm; Dhaisar – 254 mm; Ram Mandir – 230 mm; Mumbai (Colaba) – 223 mm; Mahalaxmi – 180 mm;  Vasai – 175 mm;  Meera Bhayander – 156 mm; and Thane – 120 mm.

Intense rainfall lashed Ratnagiri (189 mm) and Sindhudurg (158 mm) throughout the identical interval.

Mumbai's civic physique has stated that apart from important providersall other offices in the city will be closed today. "Owing to the heavy rainfall since final night time and forecasts of extraordinarily heavy rain by @IndiaMetDep all workplaces and institutions in Mumbai, besides emergency providers, will stay shut," the Brihanmumbai Municipal Company (BMC) tweeted.

26 locations have reported flooding. Roads in areas comparable to Goregaon, King Circle, Hindmata, Dadar, Shivaji Chowk, Shell Colony, Kurla ST Depot, Bandra Talkies, Sion Street have been flooded. There has additionally been a landslide on the Western Specific Freeway in Malad space

Mumbai's streets commonly flood through the monsoon, which runs from June till September or October, and which supplies India with most of its annual rainfall.

Final 12 months, the heaviest rain in a decade in Mumbai rain prompted a variety of deaths and triggered huge rail, street and air transport disruptions.

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