Heavy downpour in Mumbai for the last four days has paralysed normal life in the city. Schools, Colleges, Government offices have all been shut. Road, rail and air commute has taken a severe blow. Several trains have been cancelled and flights diverted. If we talk in plain words it is a complete deluge in Mumbai.
Here are some of the important developments so far.
⦁ It has been a continuous 4 days (June 28 - July 1) of heavy downpour in Mumbai
⦁ On 28 June Mumbai recorded 235 mm of rain. On June 29, the downpour was 93 mm. While on June 30 and July 1, the rainfall amounts were 92 mm and 375 mm, respectively.
⦁ July 1 rain of 375 mm was the heaviest 24-hour rainfall in a decade
⦁ July 1 rain is also the second highest 24-hour rainfall in the last 45 years
⦁ Adjoining areas like Thane, Kalyan, Dahanu, Alibagh, Ratnagiri and Mahabaleshwar are also observing heavy rain
⦁ The Western Ghat pocket is the most active in the country at the moment in terms of Monsoon rain
⦁ A Cyclonic Circulation over Gujarat and adjoining Arabian sea along with an offshore trough is activating the Monsoon surge in the region
⦁ Meteorologists at Skymet expect more heavy rains to continue in Mumbai till July 5, with a slight breather tomorrow
⦁ Ghatkopar, Santacruz, parts of Andheri, Hindmata, Mahalakshmi and Kurla are some of the worst affected areas
⦁ 14 people have also died in a wall collapse incident due to heavy rain in Malad
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Any information picked up from here should be attributed to Skymetweather.com
