Monsoon fury continues in Maharashtra. Mumbai on red alert, roads flooded, 5 deaths
The IMD has forecast that rain will intensify in Mumbai and its suburbs today and issued a red alert. The warning gains urgency as several areas have already exceeded 100 mm of rainfall, and more than three rain-related deaths have been reported in four days. Fatalities have also been reported in Pune and Thane.
The rain in Mumbai has been forecast to intensify over the weekend, with the India Meteorological Department issuing a red alert for today. The weather body has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall across the city and its suburbs, with the possibility of extremely heavy showers at isolated places. The forecast also says gusty winds of up to 60 kmph may occur in some areas over the weekend.
While several parts of Mumbai received more than 100 mm of rain in the 24 hours ending at 8 am on Saturday, civic officials said public transport services remain operational. Commuters, however, reported delays on the suburban local train network during the day.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed schools and colleges in Mumbai to be shut for the afternoon session due to extremely heavy rainfall, news agency ANI reported.
Despite the late onset of the monsoon, the country's financial capital has been recording heavy rain since the start of this week. Visuals on social media showed multiple stretches of the city heavily waterlogged as fresh showers continued throughout the city since morning.
According to data shared by the BMC, Mumbai's Bandra in the western suburbs recorded some of the highest rainfall figures, with the H West ward office receiving 150.6 mm, followed by Supari Tank at 146 mm and Pali Chimbai at 143.2 mm. In the island city, Parel recorded 141.8 mm, Matunga-Dadar 135.2 mm, Fort 120.8 mm, Wadala 118.3 mm and Lower Parel 118 mm. In the eastern suburbs, Vikhroli logged 143 mm, followed by Ghatkopar at 136.4 mm, Mankhurd at 134.2 mm, Chembur at 127.6 mm and Maharashtra Nagar in Mankhurd at 124 mm.
The island city recorded an average rainfall of 99 mm in the last 24 hours, while the eastern suburbs received 98 mm and the western suburbs 94 mm. High tide is expected at 2.50 pm today at 4.26 metres and at 2.52 am tomorrow at 3.60 metres. Low tide is scheduled at 8.56 pm today at 1.66 metres and at 8.22 am tomorrow at 1.28 metres.
Heavy rain has inundated many roads in Pune and Thane as well, with traffic jams in both cities.
DEATHS AND MISHAPS DUE TO RAIN
Five deaths have been reported across Maharashtra so far, three in Mumbai and one each in Pune and Thane.
On June 30, an 11-year-old boy was killed when a peepal tree collapsed and fell onto a school bus in Mumbai. Two days later, a 55-year-old man fell into an open sewer manhole on the Khairani Road in Sakinaka while walking to work amid heavy rainfall. Private civic contractors had removed the manhole cover to clean the storm drain and install protective internal grilles but allegedly left the opening without any warning. In Mira-Bhayandar, another died after a tree suddenly uprooted and crashed onto him.
A two-year-old drowned in Pune after falling into a rainwater-filled excavation pit in the Loni Kalbhor region. The pits had been dug for sewage and stormwater drainage work. Residents alleged that the contractor abandoned the work midway and left the pits open without warning boards or barricades.
In the latest rain-related death, a 35-year-old woman died in Thane after she came in contact with a live wire as she tripped and fell near a power transformer amid heavy showers. Police said the incident happened on the night of July 1, with bystanders rushing her to the hospital only for the doctor to declare her dead on arrival.
Meanwhile, in Navi Mumbai, two college students survived after suffering electric shocks while wading through a flooded street beneath the Nerul LP Bridge. A probe later revealed that a damaged underground live cable had energised the stagnant rainwater.
The rain in Mumbai has been forecast to intensify over the weekend, with the India Meteorological Department issuing a red alert for today. The weather body has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall across the city and its suburbs, with the possibility of extremely heavy showers at isolated places. The forecast also says gusty winds of up to 60 kmph may occur in some areas over the weekend.
While several parts of Mumbai received more than 100 mm of rain in the 24 hours ending at 8 am on Saturday, civic officials said public transport services remain operational. Commuters, however, reported delays on the suburban local train network during the day.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has directed schools and colleges in Mumbai to be shut for the afternoon session due to extremely heavy rainfall, news agency ANI reported.
Despite the late onset of the monsoon, the country's financial capital has been recording heavy rain since the start of this week. Visuals on social media showed multiple stretches of the city heavily waterlogged as fresh showers continued throughout the city since morning.
According to data shared by the BMC, Mumbai's Bandra in the western suburbs recorded some of the highest rainfall figures, with the H West ward office receiving 150.6 mm, followed by Supari Tank at 146 mm and Pali Chimbai at 143.2 mm. In the island city, Parel recorded 141.8 mm, Matunga-Dadar 135.2 mm, Fort 120.8 mm, Wadala 118.3 mm and Lower Parel 118 mm. In the eastern suburbs, Vikhroli logged 143 mm, followed by Ghatkopar at 136.4 mm, Mankhurd at 134.2 mm, Chembur at 127.6 mm and Maharashtra Nagar in Mankhurd at 124 mm.
The island city recorded an average rainfall of 99 mm in the last 24 hours, while the eastern suburbs received 98 mm and the western suburbs 94 mm. High tide is expected at 2.50 pm today at 4.26 metres and at 2.52 am tomorrow at 3.60 metres. Low tide is scheduled at 8.56 pm today at 1.66 metres and at 8.22 am tomorrow at 1.28 metres.
Heavy rain has inundated many roads in Pune and Thane as well, with traffic jams in both cities.
DEATHS AND MISHAPS DUE TO RAIN
Five deaths have been reported across Maharashtra so far, three in Mumbai and one each in Pune and Thane.
On June 30, an 11-year-old boy was killed when a peepal tree collapsed and fell onto a school bus in Mumbai. Two days later, a 55-year-old man fell into an open sewer manhole on the Khairani Road in Sakinaka while walking to work amid heavy rainfall. Private civic contractors had removed the manhole cover to clean the storm drain and install protective internal grilles but allegedly left the opening without any warning. In Mira-Bhayandar, another died after a tree suddenly uprooted and crashed onto him.
A two-year-old drowned in Pune after falling into a rainwater-filled excavation pit in the Loni Kalbhor region. The pits had been dug for sewage and stormwater drainage work. Residents alleged that the contractor abandoned the work midway and left the pits open without warning boards or barricades.
In the latest rain-related death, a 35-year-old woman died in Thane after she came in contact with a live wire as she tripped and fell near a power transformer amid heavy showers. Police said the incident happened on the night of July 1, with bystanders rushing her to the hospital only for the doctor to declare her dead on arrival.
Meanwhile, in Navi Mumbai, two college students survived after suffering electric shocks while wading through a flooded street beneath the Nerul LP Bridge. A probe later revealed that a damaged underground live cable had energised the stagnant rainwater.
