MUMBAI: Mumbai woke up to a couple extraordinarily heavy rains on Monday morning leading to waterlogging and site visitors disruptions at many puts in the town.
The India Meteorological Department, Mumbai (IMD) has forecast very heavy rains to continue in Mumbai all right through Monday.
The IMD Santacruz observatory has recorded extraordinarily heavy rains prior to now 24 hours (as much as eight.30am as of late) of 231.4 mm while IMD Colaba observatory has recorded 99 mm of rainfall which falls in the heavy rain category. In case of the suburbs rainfall recorded of over 200 mm makes it the wettest monsoon day of the season up to now.
Ok S Hosalikar, IMD deputy director-general (western area), stated that there are 3 climate methods which are giving Mumbai these intermittent heavy rains. "There is an offshore trough extending from south Gujarat to Kerala, an upper air cyclonic circulation and the strengthening of the westerlies. Such heavy showers will continue throughout the day," he stated.
Waterlogging outside St Michael Church at Mahim.
Meanwhile, there were no flight diversions or cancellations as a result of rain on the Mumbai airport. Departures are past due by means of a median of 20 minutes while arrivals on time. No visibility problems up to now. In case of BEST, the buses had been diverted on 47 routes in 8 waterlogged areas in island town and suburbs.
Meanwhile, there used to be a landslide at Wadala area with at least 4 cars having slid inside the collapse. No person has been injured in the incident up to now. The go out of the adjacent construction is flooded with fire brigade cars it the spot since early morning.
Owing to the continual downpour, site visitors has been hit at Khar subway, Andheri subway and Malad subway.
While Western Railway suburban trains are operating without a disruption for now, there is slight delay due to low visibility in some areas due to rains. Meanwhile, between Virar and Surat, all mail and categorical trains arriving at Bandra Terminus, Dadar Terminus and Mumbai central are expected to be coming in past due.
The India Meteorological Department, Mumbai (IMD) has forecast very heavy rains to continue in Mumbai all right through Monday.
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The IMD Santacruz observatory has recorded extraordinarily heavy rains prior to now 24 hours (as much as eight.30am as of late) of 231.4 mm while IMD Colaba observatory has recorded 99 mm of rainfall which falls in the heavy rain category. In case of the suburbs rainfall recorded of over 200 mm makes it the wettest monsoon day of the season up to now.
Ok S Hosalikar, IMD deputy director-general (western area), stated that there are 3 climate methods which are giving Mumbai these intermittent heavy rains. "There is an offshore trough extending from south Gujarat to Kerala, an upper air cyclonic circulation and the strengthening of the westerlies. Such heavy showers will continue throughout the day," he stated.
Waterlogging outside St Michael Church at Mahim.
Meanwhile, there were no flight diversions or cancellations as a result of rain on the Mumbai airport. Departures are past due by means of a median of 20 minutes while arrivals on time. No visibility problems up to now. In case of BEST, the buses had been diverted on 47 routes in 8 waterlogged areas in island town and suburbs.
Meanwhile, there used to be a landslide at Wadala area with at least 4 cars having slid inside the collapse. No person has been injured in the incident up to now. The go out of the adjacent construction is flooded with fire brigade cars it the spot since early morning.
Owing to the continual downpour, site visitors has been hit at Khar subway, Andheri subway and Malad subway.
While Western Railway suburban trains are operating without a disruption for now, there is slight delay due to low visibility in some areas due to rains. Meanwhile, between Virar and Surat, all mail and categorical trains arriving at Bandra Terminus, Dadar Terminus and Mumbai central are expected to be coming in past due.
Rains lash Mum; lead to waterlogging
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June 25, 2018
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