Rains flood Mumbai |
Strong winds reaching up to 100 kmph and heavy rain continued to lash Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, uprooting trees, damaging cranes and tearing down hoardings across the area. According to data, the rainfall received was the highest in the last 46 years, breaking it`s all- time record of the highest 24-hour rain in August. The Colaba observatory, which was set up in 1974, recorded 293.8 mm rain..For the second day running, Mumbai received heavy rain, surpassing the annual seasonal average rain of 2,260.4 mm. Within two months and five days of the monsoon, Mumbai has so far received 2,319.7 mm rain. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday called up Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and assured him of all possible support. High-intensity rain and thunder accompanied by high-speed winds reaching up to 70 kmph and occasionally gusting to over 100 kmph were witnessed in south Mumbai on Wednesday evening. This wind speed is equivalent to the post-landfall effect of Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga (90-100 kmph) which was recorded in Mumbai on June 3. The gusty winds even destroyed the iconic signage mounted on top of the Bombay Stock Exchange building. Areas like Fort, Churchgate, Marine Drive, Girgaum, Breach Candy, Pedder Road, Haji Ali reported water-logging. Many of these areas have also witnessed electricity supply disruption.
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