Mumbaikars woke up to wet Monday as heavy rain lash the city
Mumbaikars woke up to wet Monday as heavy rain lash the city
Mumbaikars woke up to a wet Monday as heavy rain lashed the city and suburbs. IMD issues
“Orange” alert. No disruption to movement of traffic.
Earlier, the weather department in the day issued an alert for moderate to heavy rainfall and thunderstorms expected in parts of Maharashtra. On Saturday late evening heavy rains lashed the city accompanied by thunder and lightning
It’s learned that the dream city recorded moderate rainfall in the last 24 hours, with Colaba receiving 31 mm, the Eastern Suburbs recording 21 mm, and the Western Suburbs 20 mm between 8 am on June 14 and 8 am on Sunday, June 15
Meanwhile, according to study conducted by
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) Disaster Management Department, Mumbai has witnessed a sharp spike in the number of days that it receives rainfall over 100 mm in the past 3 years.
Amidst the monsoon season of 2024, from 13 such days in 2022 to 14 days in 2023, and 21 days, the city has recorded an increase of 61 per cent
This number exceeds the annual average of 16 days a year where rainfall is recorded above 100 mm within a day. For comparison, Mumbai receives an annual rainfall of about 2100 mm in the monsoon months, according to official data.The study has also revealed that the average of high-intensity rainfall has increased for Mumbai during this time
Notedly, In the last six years, the average high intensity rainfall received increased to 182 mm, from 131 mm, in a short span of four hours.
News Edit KV Raman
