Mumbai, neighbouring areas receive intense spells of rainfall

Heavy rainfall in Dadar, Mumbai. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar and Atul Kamble

Moderate to intense spells of rain continued to lash Mumbai and Thane on Wednesday. Parts of Thane and Navi Mumbai have been witnessing light rains since Tuesday morning.

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert indicating heavy rains till June 17 in Mumbai. This year the onset of monsoon was declared on June 9, two days before its official onset date.

Due to heavy rains, a parked car got swallowed by a sinkhole within seconds in a residential complex in Mumbai. The video of the vehicle submerging has gone viral on social media.

Meanwhile, the IMD in its daily bulletin on Wednesday predicted light to moderate rain or thundershowers in Mumbai and suburbs with possibility of heavy rainfall at isolated places.

The suburban train services are running smoothly till now. However, some Brihanmumbai Electric Supply Transport (BEST) buses were diverted.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that the island city of Mumbai, its western suburbs and eastern suburbs received 28.55 mm, 19 mm and 17.52 mm rainfall, respectively, in the last 24 hours ending 8 am on Wednesday.

"There was no report of major water-logging in any low-lying areas even as the city and suburbs have been receiving incessant rain since early morning," an official said.

Civic officials said a high tide of 4.05 metres is expected at 4.13 pm and low tide of 1.95 metres at 10.23 pm. IMD's Santacruz observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 33.6 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 27.6 degrees Celsius, while the Colaba observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 33 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 27.5 degrees Celsius.

Heavy rains had lashed Mumbai and its suburbs last week as the monsoon set in over the city, inundating several low-lying areas and disrupting train and bus services. However, no significant rainfall was recorded since Sunday, barring some light rain at isolated places.