The India Meteorological Department (IMD) shows that the city reeled under the highest single-day rainfall recorded since 2020 between Wednesday, September 25, and Thursday morning, September 26.
IMD showed that in the past 24 hours ending 8.30 am on Thursday, its Santacruz station recorded 170 mm rain while the Colaba coastal observatory registered 169 mm rainfall, making it the wettest September day of the year so far.
Mumbai : Very Heavy Rainfall Observed during past 24 hrs till 0830 IST 26.09.2024#IMDWeatherUpdate #Weatherforecast #HeavyRain #monsoon #StayAlert #Mumbai@moesgoi @ndmaindia @airnewsalerts @DDNewslive@SDMAMaharashtra @Hosalikar_KS @PIBMumbai pic.twitter.com/1FCFZKReTi
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) September 26, 2024
It is pertinent to note that in September since 2020, 286.4 mm of rain lashed Mumbai in 24 hours on September 24.
This development came as torrential rain in Mumbai left residents in disarray amid key infrastructure taking a hit on Wednesday evening, September 25.
Owing to this, multiple disaster-related incidents have been reported in the city. According to the BMC data, 21 incidents of tree collapse have been reported in Mumbai, of which 14 were in the western suburbs, five in the island city, and two were reported in the eastern suburbs until 8 am on Thursday.
Apart from this, 21 cases of short circuits were also reported in Mumbai during the past 24 hours. The civic body authorities said that no injuries were reported in any of these incidents.
Meanwhile, BMC’s data shows three people from the same family were seriously injured after a portion of a residential structure collapsed in Bhandup West. Surendra Pathole, 56, Sheila Pathole, 45, and Kranti Pathole, 26, were discharged from the hospital following treatment.
Moreover, a total of four fatalities were reported. Of the reported fatalities, one occurred in Mumbai, while the others were across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
Meanwhile, the IMD, in its latest statement, has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall alongside thunderstorms in the metropolis and its suburbs on Thursday, issuing an orange alert in Mumbai and Thane.
“Till yesterday afternoon orange alert was issued for Mumbai. But with the monsoon intensifying we issued a red alert till 8:30 am this morning. As soon as we issued a red alert we saw that more than 200 mm of rain was registered in the regions of Mumbai. Today, we have issued an orange alert for Mumbai. From today orange alert has been issued for a lot of districts and from tomorrow green and yellow alert will be issued. In the next 5-6 days rainfall will reduce and there are chances that monsoon will withdraw till October 5,” said IMD Director Sunil Kamble.
As per the observations from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)’s automatic weather stations, the heaviest showers were recorded in the eastern suburbs which received an average of 171 mm rain, followed by the island city division which recorded 117.18 mm rain while the western suburbs clocked an average of 109 mm rain.
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