Mumbai Rain: Tidal waves of around 4.51 meters are expected due to the heavy rains.
With continued rainfall throughout the night, residents of several parts of Mumbai woke up to severe water saturation on Tuesday. The weather service has issued a red alert for today and tomorrow for extremely heavy rains in Mumbai. With a high tide expected at 12:47 p.m., the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued an alert to all relevant departments and also to citizens not to approach any beaches or low areas. Tidal waves of around 4.51 meters were forecast due to the heavy rains. Education officials have been urged to prepare BMC schools for emergencies and if people need shelter. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said extremely heavy rains would occur in isolated areas in the Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts of Maharashtra on August 4 and 5. Ratnagiri district is also expected to receive very heavy rains on August 4, while Paldhar district is expected to receive extremely heavy rains on August 5.
Here are the live updates from Mumbai rain:
Mumbai rain updates at 3 a.m. on August 4th.
During the last 3 hours Mumbai and around recd very intense rainfall as shown in the figure.
Mumbai now on RED ALERT, with possibilities of Extremely Hvy falls in secluded locations. The thunder having been heard for 2 hours and the satellite, the radar indicates intense spells pic.twitter.com/WBziE70wRd– K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) Aug 3, 2020
According to @Indiametdept Forecasts, extremely heavy rains are expected in the city and the suburbs today with high tide at 12:47 pm. Mumbaikars are advised not to venture out unless it is extremely necessary and to stay away from shore and waterlogged areas#MyBMCUpdates#mumbairain
– माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) Aug 4, 2020
Maharashtra: Severe waterlogging in various parts of Mumbai following incessant rains in the city; visuals from Parel East.
Over 230mm of precipitation recorded in Mumbai city in past 10 hours, says Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation pic.twitter.com/JVhEWcICvK
– ANI (@ANI) Aug 4, 2020
With a high tide expected at 12:47 p.m., the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued an alert to all relevant departments and also to citizens not to approach any beaches or low areas. Tidal waves of around 4.51 meters were forecast due to the heavy rains.
With continued rainfall throughout the night, residents of several parts of Mumbai woke up to severe water saturation on Tuesday. The weather service has issued a red alert for today and tomorrow for extremely heavy rains in Mumbai.
