Mumbai Rains: Maximum City gets heavy showers, Dadar's Hindmata flooded

Mumbai Rains: Maximum City gets heavy showers, Dadar's Hindmata flooded

FPJ Web DeskUpdated: Friday, July 03, 2020, 11:38 AM IST
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Mumbai Rains: Maximum City gets heavy showers, Dadar's Hindmata flooded | ANI Photo

After the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday forecasted heavy downpour in Mumbai, Thane and Palghar, and issued an orange alert till July 5, the Maximum City received heavy showers on Friday.

"Heavy #rain over southern suburbs of #Mumbai. #Colaba 48 mm in last one hour. Will cover central parts and than north Mumbai by evening. Possible flooding in low lying areas," said Skymet's Mahesh Palawat.

"#MumbaiRains are intensifying from #NavyNagar, #Colaba to #Mahim. Will shift to northern and central suburbs soon. Old #Navynagar got 75 mm in one hour," he added.

Meanwhile, Dadar's Hindmata area was flooded after the city received heavy rains.

Here are a few Twitter reactions:

IMD on Thursday had said heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places in Mumbai and heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places in Thane and Palghar.

"High convergence of strong moist westerly/southwesterly winds at lower tropospheric levels from the Arabian sea very likely along west coast till 06th July and over plains of northwest India & central India from 03rd July, 2020," tweeted IMD.

"i) Isolated heavy to very heavy r/f with isolated extremely heavy falls is very likely over north Konkan on 03rd & 04th July; Gujarat region on 04th & 05th July and over Madhya Maharashtra on 04th July

ii) Isolated heavy to very heavy falls is also very likely over Coastal Karnataka during 02nd-04th July and over Saurashtra & Kutch during 04th-06th July," IMD added.

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