IMD predicts moderate to heavy rains in city on July 24

The Indian Meteorological Department IMD on Tuesday while sharing Mumbai weather updates predicted moderate to heavy rains in city on July 24According to the IMDs weather bulletin moderate to heavy rains in city and suburbs were very likely and there was a possibility of very heavy rain at isolated places in city and suburbs on WednesdayThe IMD said Occasional gusty winds reaching 5060 kmph were very likelyThe weather department said that the maximum and minimum temperatures were likely to be around 28 degree Celsius and 24 degree Celsius respectivelyMeanwhile the weather department has said that in Pune generally cloudy sky with intermittent light 25155 mm to moderate 156644 mm rain was very likely on WednesdayMumbai has been witnessing moderate to heavy rainfall since last week On Tuesday the city woke up to overcast skies and light rainfall at several placesOn Monday as Mumbai rains continued to batter the city with some areas receiving up to 34 mm of rainfall in just an hour in the morning caused a deluge in lowlying pockets of the city affecting local train services for an hour during the morning peak hourAs many as three teams from the National Disaster Response Force NDRF were deployed to handle emergency situationsTheIMD had on Monday issued a yellow alert for Mumbai and Thane predicting heavy rainfall at isolated placesAn orange alert was on Monday issued for Palghar predicting that heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places were very likelyThe IMD had on July 22 issued a red alert for Maharashtras Raigad district and predicted heavy rainfall in the districtIn view of heavy rains in Mumbai and several parts of Maharashtra including the coastal Konkan region Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had on Sunday asked officials to be on high alertThe State Disaster Response Force the local administration civic bodies police etc should take regular updates on the weather from the India Meteorological Department and plan accordingly to provide relief to citizens CM Eknath Shinde has saidAccidentprone areas should be surveyed flood control methods should be adopted and traffic must be diverted as required CM Shinde said