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Mumbai: Brace for a few more days of rain

IMD forecasts moderate showers in Mumbai, suburbs for 48 hours, with heavy rain in isolated areas

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There were many traffic snarls in the city such as this jam on Santacruz-Chembur Link Road due to the heavy rain on Friday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

There were many traffic snarls in the city such as this jam on Santacruz-Chembur Link Road due to the heavy rain on Friday. Pic/Sayyed Sameer Abedi

Incessant rain on Friday left Mumbai and neighbouring Thane, Bhiwandi and Palghar  drenched and waterlogged. The India Meteorological Department and private meteorologists have predicted that the rainfall activity will continue over Mumbai for a few more days. The IMD has forecast moderate showers in Mumbai and suburbs in the next 48 hours, with heavy rain possible in isolated areas. As a result, the city will remain on yellow alert for the next two days.

On Friday by 8.30 am the IMD's Santacruz observatory (which represents the suburbs) recorded rainfall of 39.5 mm, while the Colaba observatory recorded 31.4 mm rainfall in the same period. This season (From June 1 to September 10) the rainfall recorded by the IMD Colaba and Santacruz observatories has been 1937.9 mm and 2484.4 mm, respectively. The city so far in September has recorded 331 mm of rain.

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