Update on the rains in Mumbai: heavy rains are expected in the city and an “Orange” alert has been issued.
Mumbai:
Mumbai and the entire coast of Maharashtra have experienced very heavy precipitation since early morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of “heavy to very heavy” precipitation in Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and other coastal districts of the state. An “Orange” alert for the Mumbai region was launched today.
An “orange” alert means that local authorities must be “prepared”, while a “red” alert indicates “immediate action”.
Latest satellite images show “extremely heavy (over 200 mm) isolated precipitation potential over Konkan, including Mumbai, Thane today …”, tweeted KS Hosalikar, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, India Met Department , Mumbai.
The IMD GFS forecast for the rains indicates strong to very strong with extremely heavy RF isolation possibilities (more than 200 mm) on konkan, including Mumbai, Thane today. Tomorrow’s trend will continue with little reduced intensity. Satellite, radar indicating intense clouds over the coast
PL TC pic.twitter.com/E0VPiN2qnz– K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) July 15, 2020
Waterlogging has been reported in pockets and traffic has so far been normal in Mumbai.
The Santacruz meteorological office in Mumbai recorded 86 mm of rain from 8:30 am to 8:30 pm on Tuesday and the Colaba station reported 50 mm of rain during the same period.
According to the IMD, precipitation between 64 mm and 115 mm is considered “heavy” while precipitation between 115 mm and 204 mm is classified as “very heavy”.
On Tuesday, the meteorological office announced, heavy rain is also expected in the districts of Kolhapur, Satara, Aurangabad and Jalna.
