IMD predicts heavy rainfall in Maharashtra, issues orange alert for Mumbai

Maharashtra has been witnessing very heavy rainfall since early morning today and IMD has predicted that this could continue for most part of the day. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of 'heavy to very heavy' rainfall in Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and other coastal districts of the state. An 'orange' alert for Mumbai region has been sounded for today.

This morning, Bandra received 63 mm, Malalaxmi 21 mm Ram Mandir Station 21 mm indicating very intense RF in suburbs. 

“Heavy Rainfalls to continue," KS Hosalikar, Deputy Director General of Meteorology, India Met Department, Mumbai tweeted. He also shared pictures, showing "possibilities of isolated extremely heavy rainfall (more than 200 mm) over Konkan, including Mumbai, Thane today."

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The BMC`s rain-gauges measured 8.92 cm rain in the city, 4.84 cm in the eastern suburbs and 7.51 cm in the western suburbs, giving a seasonal total rainfall of 37.74 per cent till date. Following overnight rains, there was waterlogging in some areas like Wadala, Dadar and Matunga, while the Andheri subway was also flooded, resulting in minor traffic diversions.

The BMC Disaster Cell said that 12 big and small trees fell, few houses were damaged, besides 21 complaints of short-circuit, but there were no casualties. BMC has also requested the citizens to follow all necessary precautions, stay away from the shore and not venture into water logged areas.

The orange alert is also for coastal districts like Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg as well as Pune in western Maharashtra. A yellow alert has been issued for Kolhapur, Satara, Aurangabad and Jalna districts has also been issued. An orange alert means the authorities should "be prepared", while a yellow warning asks them to "be updated".

This is the third consecutive day when state capital has witnessed heavy rain with  incidents of waterlogging getting reported from some spots without dislocation of normal life.