Mumbai is witnessing heavy rainfall since today morning, leading to waterlogging in many parts of the city. This also prompted the BMC to issue an advisory for the residents, urging them to stay away from the shore.
Further, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an `orange’ alert for Mumbai region and other coastal districts of Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg as well as Pune in western Maharashtra for today.
Mumbai, with 86.6mm rain in a span of 12 hours on Tuesday, has received almost its entire July rainfall in just two weeks while surpassing half its seasonal rainfall target in one-and-a-half months.
The city recorded 822mm rain (97.7%) against the monthly target of 840.7mm between July 1 and 8.30pm on July 14.
South Mumbai recorded 595.5 mm rain during the same period against the monthly average of 711.6 mm or achieved 84% of its target so far.
On Thursday, heavy rainfall is expected in some places in Konkan and the intensity will decrease later, the official added.
The Santacruz weather bureau in suburban Mumbai recorded 86.6 mm rainfall from 8.30 am to 8.30 pm on Tuesday. The Colaba weather station in Island City reported 50.4 mm rainfall during the same period.
