IMD issues red alert for Mumbai, heavy rains at many places

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, July 15

Scattered heavy to very heavy rainfall with isolated extremely heavy falls are very likely to occur over Mumbai city, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri districts during the next 18 hours, the IMD on Wednesday said, issuing a red alert.

Between 8.30 am and 11.30 am today, rainfall (in cm) recorded at various places include Santacruz with 6.3 cm, Bandra with 9.5 cm, Colaba 1.2 cm, Mahalakshmi 5.3 cm and Ram Mandir (western railway) 6.3 cm.

Under the influence of a low-level cyclonic circulation over north Konkan in the lower tropospheric levels and an East-west shear zone at middle tropospheric level, Konkan area is currently experiencing active monsoon conditions with occurrences of heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places in Mumbai during the past 24 hours.

Between 8.30 am on Tuesday and 8.30 am today, rains (10 cm or more) has been recorded in  Dadar with 15.9 cm, Parel 13.2 cm, Colaba 12.9 cm, Worli 11.7 cm, Santacruz 10.6 cm, Marbe 10.6 cm and  Borivali 10.1 cm.