The Mumbai office of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a “yellow” advisory for Mumbai on Friday, foretelling severe rainfall in sparsely populated areas. On Thursday, it had issued a’red’ signal for Mumbai and the nearby Raigad district, stating that “heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places” were expected.
Between 8 am and 6 pm, the island city, eastern, and west suburbs received an average rainfall of 83.23 mm, 62.72 mm, and 95.01 mm, respectively.
At 3:30 p.m., according to civic officials, water was nearly half a foot deep in most of Matunga, DN Nagar, Byculla, Trombay, Azad Maidan, Kandivali, Kalbadevi, Oshiwara, Dahisar, and Magathane.
The combined water stock in the seven lakes that provide Mumbai with potable water increased as a result of the nonstop rain over the past three days; on Friday morning, it reached 68%. Four of these seven lakes have already overflowed.
On Thursday, Mumbai had heavy rains that caused flooding in various neighbourhoods, gridlock on many arterial roads, and delays in both Western and Central Railways’ suburban train services.
