Mumbai Weather Updates:
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) upgraded the ‘orange’ signal to’red’ for the financial capital from Wednesday night until Thursday afternoon due to the continuous rain that pounded sections of Mumbai and its suburbs on Wednesday.
The weather service issued an orange signal for the city, Thane, Raigad, and Palghar districts earlier in the day, forecasting severe to very heavy rains.
Between 8 am and 10 pm on Wednesday, Mumbai received 101.35 mm of average rainfall, while the eastern and western suburbs, respectively, saw 87.54 mm and 102.55 mm.
🌨️ आज (२६.०७.२०२३) सकाळी ८ ते रात्री १० वाजेपर्यंत या कालावधीत मुंबई महानगरातील सरासरी पाऊस:
➡️मुंबई शहर- १०१.३५ मिमी.
➡️पूर्व उपनगरे- ८७.५४ मिमी.
➡️पश्चिम उपनगरे- १०२.५५ मिमी.🌨️ The average rainfall in Mumbai Metropolitan today (26.07.2023) 8 am to 10pm is:
➡️Mumbai City-…
— माझी Mumbai, आपली BMC (@mybmc) July 26, 2023
Due to the expected heavy rains in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday declared a holiday for all public and private schools and institutions on July 27.
The BMC’s administrator and municipal commissioner, Iqbal Singh Chahal, released a statement about it on Wednesday night. The BMC has declared a holiday for all municipal, government-run and private primary, secondary, and higher secondary schools as well as all institutions in the city and suburbs on Thursday in light of the red alert issued for Mumbai since student safety is of the utmost importance, according to the statement.
Additionally, the University of Mumbai has postponed all of the city’s scheduled exams for Thursday. The institution stated that the revised date would be made public later.
According to the most recent update from the Western and Central Railways, although the city’s roads were disrupted by the heavy showers, all local train services were operating at a regular speed.
Since Wednesday morning due to waterlogging, the Andheri subway, an underpass between Andheri and Jogeshwari railway stations, has been blocked for traffic a few times throughout the downpour.
The financial city, meanwhile, experienced its wettest July ever on Wednesday following the heavy downpours, with the month’s total rainfall reaching a record 1557.8 mm, according to IMD.
Santacruz (observatory) recorded 1,433 mm between July 1 and July 26, 2023, at 8:30 in the morning. The Santacruz observatory has recorded a total of 1557.8 mm as of today, July 26, 2023, at 2030 (8:30 pm), breaking the previous record for the wettest month.
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