IMD issues red alert for Mumbai, Thane as intensity of rainfall increases

In the comeback of the bedewed spell, the full banal successful the 7 lakes catering to Mumbai’s h2o proviso besides surpassed 99 percent – touching 99.26 per cent – connected Wednesday.

While the reddish alert successful Mumbai volition stay successful spot until 8.30 americium connected Thursday, according to the IMD, the metropolis and its neighbouring territory of Thane volition proceed to person dense to precise dense rainfall alongside thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds connected Thursday. The upwind bureau has besides placed the districts nether an orangish alert connected Thursday.

For the 3rd consecutive day, the metropolis woke up to overcast skies and dense showers connected Wednesday greeting with the IMD’s Santacruz presumption signaling 74 mm rainfall portion the Colaba presumption registering 41 mm rainfall.

Following noon, the gait of rainfall intensified arsenic torrential showers and thunderstorms battered the city. The aggravated spells took a toll connected the suburbs, leaving galore low-lying areas submerged successful water. Water logging was reported successful galore areas similar Bhandup, Mulund etc. In the occidental suburbs, the low-lying Andheri subway was unopen for postulation owing to accumulation of h2o connected Wednesday afternoon.

In airy of the dense showers successful the city, the IMD upgraded its forecast and issued a reddish informing successful Mumbai and Thane connected Wednesday evening. According to the IMD, the metropolis is apt to person “extremely dense rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds” until Thursday morning.

Meanwhile, an orangish alert has been issued for Mumbai and Thane for Thursday portion a reddish alert has been issued for Palghar connected Thursday.

Having logged implicit 100 mm rainfall successful the past 2 days, the Santacruz presumption has clocked astir 339 mm rainfall successful the period of September truthful far.

Amid dense rainfall sweeping Mumbai and its suburbs, the banal successful the 7 lakes catering to h2o demands successful Mumbai touched 99.26 percent – which accounts for 14.36 lakh cardinal litres – connected Wednesday morning. Last twelvemonth arsenic good arsenic successful 2022, connected the aforesaid day, the h2o banal successful the lakes hovered astir 98 percent.