New Delhi (NVI): Red alert has been issued for ‘extremely heavy’ rainfall for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and some other part of Maharashtra by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), as heavy showers continued for over 24 hours.
“Intense rain is likely in Mumbai today. The city received heavy rainfall at isolated places in the last 12 hours. More impact was on western suburbs with rainfall more than 150 mm,” the IMD said
Normal life was disrupted as heavy rainfall triggered waterlogging at various places in Mumbai.
The red alert has been issued for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Pune, Ahmednagar and Nashik districts of Maharashtra. While the warning for Mumbai is just for Wednesday, that for Thane, Palghar and Nashik is for both Wednesday and Thursday.
Mumbai recorded its second-highest 24-hour rain (268.6mm) in August in 10 years, while also surpassing the 2,000-mm rainfall mark for the season.
In addition to this, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appealed to residents to stay at home.
The intensity of rain is likely to decrease from August 6.
-CHK