Highlights
- The maximum city has been witnessing wet spell for the past one week now
- IMD reported moderate rain in the city and suburbs of Mumbai on Saturday
- IMD had issued a red alert in Mumbai from 1:00 pm on Friday till the next 24 hours
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported moderate rain in the city and suburbs of Mumbai on Saturday, and has forecast the possibility of heavy (64.5 to 115.5 mm) to very heavy rainfall (115.6 to 204.4 mm) at isolated places in the financial capital. IMD also predicted the possibility of occasional gusty winds reaching 40-50 km per hour in the coastal city. IMD had issued a red alert in Mumbai from 1:00 pm on Friday till the next 24 hours.
Several parts of Maharashtra have been witnessing heavy rainfall over the past few days amidst the wet spell on the state since the onset of a torrential monsoon. The Mumbai Regional Meteorological Centre on Wednesday issued a heavy rainfall alert for the next five days for Mumbai, Thane and other parts of Maharashtra. It also issued an orange alert for Mumbai and Thane till July 10. On Thursday, as heavy rainfall lashed Mumbai, the Andheri Subway was waterlogged.
Severe waterlogging was also recorded in several parts of the metropolitan on Wednesday. On Tuesday, waterlogging was witnessed in Dadar and Sion, along with the overflowing of Powai Lake. The capital city has been witnessing heavy rain since Monday following which areas are waterlogged and traffic movement has been affected. On Tuesday, a landslide incident was reported in Ghatkopar's Panchsheel Nagar in Mumbai amidst heavy rains, demolishing a house. And on Wednesday, another landslide was reported near Pratapgarh Fort in Maharashtra's Satara district.
Several rivers in the state have reached the warning level. The Kundalika river has crossed the warning level and the water level of the Amba, Savitri, Patalganga, Ulhas and Garhi rivers is slightly below the warning level. Chief Minister Eknath Shinde had put all the districts on high alert and is monitoring the situation. He directed the officials to make all arrangements including the shifting of people living in vulnerable areas. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) has deployed 17 teams in areas of Maharashtra that have reported heavy to very heavy rainfall.
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Residents of two villages in Hingoli district of Maharashtra are being shifted to safety after heavy rainfall in the region caused flooding in Asana river. So far, at least 200 people have been evacuated. Parts of Hingoli district, located in Marathwada region of the state and around 200 kms from here, have been getting heavy showers over the past couple of days. Two men were washed away in the rain-swollen water bodies in separate incidents that occurred in Bhiwandi taluka of Maharashtra's Thane district.
Although the water level is slowly decreasing now, the administration has been shifting the residents of these villages to a Zilla Parishad school nearby, district collector Jitendra Papalkar said. No loss of human life has been reported so far and the situation is being monitored, he said. In the 24-hour period ending 8 am on Friday, Hingoli district recorded 230.70 mm rainfall, which is 26.84 per cent of its annual average rainfall, the district authorities said in a statement.
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