In a relief to the Mumbaikars, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the city will be witnessing moderate rainfall in the upcoming days. This comes after the city received over 2,000 mm rainfall since the onset of monsoon.
For today, July 28, the IMD had sounded a yellow alert for Mumbai but has released no warnings for Monday or the following days. Even with the yellow alert in the district, light rain has been washing the city with the IMD’s Colaba station recording 5mm of rainfall. Meanwhile, the Santacruz observatory recorded ‘trace’ rainfall between Friday and Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, data from the BMC’s automatic weather stations indicated that the island city division and eastern suburbs received an average of 3mm of rain, while the western suburbs recorded only 2mm.
Up until yesterday, July 27, the Santacruz observatory had registered 2,004mm rain, of which 1,657mm was recorded in July alone. On the other hand, the Colaba observatory has seen 1,371mm rain this month, making it the city’s wettest July in a decade.
Waterlogging in Delhi
Several areas in Delhi witnessed rainfall, while the city’s maximum temperature was recorded at 36.3 degrees Celsius, according IMD. The minimum temperature settled at 28.2 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, commuters were advised to opt for alternative routes due to waterlogging and uprooted trees in some areas.