Mumbai Rains News Highlights | Mumbai receives 6.29 mm rainfall; IMD issues red alert for Mumbai Thane and Palghar

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Mumbai, its eastern suburbs, and western suburbs received 6.29 mm, 40.57 mm, and 24.44 mm of rain respectively. While the city of Thane saw a total of 67.31 mm of rain. The IMD has issued a red alert for Mumbai Thane and Palghar.

IMD has issued red alert for Mumbai amid the torrentail rainfall. According to Central Railway Monsoon updates, Thane received 167 mm rainfall in 19 hours, while Mulund received 152.14 mm.

Here are other updates:

Vikhroli: 132.07 mm
Lonavala: 145 mm
Kasara: 130.65 mm
Kanjurmarg: 99.57 mm
Kalyan: 138.5 mm

One or two more brief heavy to moderate showers to come but overall rains to decrease for next 3-4 hours.

Atleast three people have feared drowned in Raigarh district in Maharashtra amid heavy rainfall. The IMD, in the meanwhile sounded a 'red alert' for Mumbai and other Konkan region districts. Over the weekend, the torrential rains have claimed 30 live in the metropolitan city.

India's capital New Delhi and the main financial centre of Mumbai were drenched with heavy rain on Monday, a day after at least 35 people were killed across the country in landslides and house collapses triggered by downpours. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to very heavy rain in north India, including New Delhi, over the next two days. In Mumbai, the IMD has issued a heavy rain and thunderstorm alert for the city and surrounding districts. At least 30 people were killed on Sunday in three Mumbai suburbs when several houses collapsed in landslides after rain. At least three people were also killed when a house collapsed in the northern state of Uttarakhand after a downpour, Reuters partner agency ANI reported. In a separate incident on Sunday evening, a three-storey building collapsed in the city of Gurugram, bordering Delhi. Two people were killed and rescue operations were still underway. Several low-lying areas of Delhi and Mumbai were flooded and Twitter was filled with images of submerged vehicles and people wading through waist-deep water. Mumbai's water treatment plant in the suburbs was flooded on Sunday forcing the municipal council to impose water cuts in some parts of the city. India is in the midst of its annual rainy season but the downpours over the past few days have been particularly heavy. Extreme weather has hit several parts of the world in recent weeks with flooding in Europe, dam collapses in China and heatwaves in North America adding to worries about climate change.

Mumbai rains have been heavier since last weekend and looks like a similar situation is expected to persist in the coming days as well.In the last 24 hours from 8:30 am yesterday, Santa Cruz in Mumbai recorded 70 mm of rains. However, it was the suburbs which recorded very heavy rains with 285 mm in Thane.As per weathermen, more showers are expected to come up over Mumbai in the next 24 to 48 hours as well, remaining heavy in between.So far, Mumbai has recorded 1881 mm of rains between June 1 and July 19, which is about 851 mm over and above the normal rains as of today. Looking at the forecast, more heavy showers are expected, courtesy a low pressure area which is expected to form over Bay of Bengal. Thus, the Monsoon current is expected to pick up again along the West Coast including Konkan and Goa region.Thus, tomorrow as well, heavy showers may be seen. Moreover, on and off rainfall activity is likely to be seen through the week with intensity varying in nature. Mid week is expected to see heavier showers.With these Mumbai rains, the city is not only likely to see record rains in July alone but it seems like rains will be enough to even cater for the remaining two monsoon months as well, which is a rare scenario. (skymet weather)

IMD has issued a red alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar for today indicating extremely heavy rains at isolated places, says Shubhangi Bhute, scientist IMD told TOI.

Heavy rains caused a landslide in Maharashtra's Raigad district today, but there was no report of any casualty, according to officials. The district recorded an average rainfall of 186.51 mm in the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on the day, they said. While Panvel town in the district recorded the maximum downpour of 284.2 mm, Mahad had the minimum rainfall at 89 mm during the same period, the district administration said in a release.

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Mumbai Rains LIVE Updates | Thane has become the rainiest city in India today with 285 mm of rainfall

Here are the top 10 rainiest places in India today:

> Thane (Maharashtra)
> Matheran (Maharashtra)
> Mormugao (Goa)
> Harnai (Maharashtra)
> Alibag (Maharashtra)
> Ratnagiri (Maharashtra)
> Panjim (Goa)
> Shahjahanpur (UP)
> Narnaul (Haryana)
> Long Island (Andaman & Nicobar Islands)

(Source: Skymet Weather)

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had earlier issued an "orange alert" for Mumbai today, predicting "heavy to very heavy rain at few places". According to BMC officials, there is a forecast of moderate to heavy rain/thundershowers in the city and suburbs with the possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall in isolated places. Alerts by the IMD are colour-coded from green to red. A 'green' alert stands for 'no warning': no action needs to be taken by the authorities, and the forecast is of light to moderate rain. A 'red' alert stands for "warning", and asks authorities to "take action". An orange' alert indicates that the authorities are expected to be prepared. (PTI)