MUMBAI: After a heavy downpour on Tuesday, rains continued to lash several parts of the city on Wednesday morning. Heavy showers were witnessed in parts of Malad, Kandivali,
Andheri
as well as parts of Thane.
The rain recorded in the 24 hours of August 29-30 (8.30 am-8.30 am) by the
IMD Colaba observatory
has been 111mm while the
IMD Santacruz observatory
recorded 331.4 mm of rainfall. Rain recorded in suburbs comes under the extremely heavy rain category as per IMD's classification.
Rainfall recorded by the Santacruz observatory is very close to the all-time record rain of 346.2 mm which was recorded on August 22,1997.
According to IMD forecast intermittent rain showers with heavy to very heavy rain likely to occur in city and suburbs in coming 24 hours.
Richa Pinto is a special correspondent with The Times of India. S...
Read MoreRicha Pinto is a special correspondent with The Times of India. She covers urban governance & climate change issues. With over a decade of experience in field reporting, she has written extensively on various civic issues affecting Mumbaikars. She graduated in -journalism from the prestigious Mumbai-based St Xavier's College and later pursued a three-year Law degree (L.L.B.) with the University of Mumbai. She regularly tweets about all things that matter to Mumbai on-- @richapintoi.
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