Mumbai weather update: Moderate to heavy rainfall likely in city and suburbs today

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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday predicted 'moderate to heavy spells of rain' in Mumbai and its suburbs.

The weather department has also issued a yellow alert for heavy rainfall in isolated places in Mumbai for today.

"Moderate to heavy rainfall likely in city and suburbs today," the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Monday.

A high tide of about 3.88 metres is expected to hit Mumbai at 3.59 pm today, stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The civic body also said that a low tide of about 1.51 metres is expected at 10.06 pm today.

The island city, eastern and western suburbs received an average rainfall of 58.42 mm, 69.15 mm and 70.41 mm respectively in 24 hours ending 8 am, the civic body's data showed.

Meanwhile, at least 19 people were killed in rain-related incidents in the last 10 days in parts of the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, where nearly 4,500 houses were damaged due to heavy rains, officials told news agency PTI on Sunday.

The downpour in the last few days also affected around 54,000 hectares of agricultural land, of which more than 53,000 hectares is located in the Amravati division alone, where 2,796 people - mostly in the Yavatmal district - were shifted to safer places, they said.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said the state government was fully alert to tackle issues caused by excessive rains.

In the Nagpur division, Gadchiroli and Bhandara districts witnessed three deaths each, Wardha and Gondia two each and Chandrapur reported one death since July 13, officials told PTI.

The Amravati division recorded five deaths on a single day on July 21 with Yavatmal topping the list with three fatalities, followed by Akola and Buldhana which recorded one death each. On July 22, three persons died in Amravati district after being swept away in flood waters.

Eleven districts in Vidarbha are part of two divisions - Amravati and Nagpur. The Nagpur division comprises Nagpur, Gondia, Bhandara, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli and Wardha districts, while the Amravati division consists of Amravati, Akola, Yavatmal, Washim and Buldhana.

Heavy rains have been lashing parts of Vidarbha since the past few days.

In the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Sunday, Akola recorded 107.9 mm rainfall, followed by Yavatmal-24.0 mm, Wardha-23.4 mm, Amravati- 15.6 mm, Nagpur-6.7 mm, Gadchiroli-3.0 mm, Gondia-2.2 mm, Brahmpuri (in Chandrapur)-2.4 mm and Buldhana-2.0 mm, as per the Regional Meteorological Centre in Nagpur.

State Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Anil Patil visited Yavatmal on Sunday to take stock of the situation.

Addressing a press conference there, he said three persons died in rain-related incidents in Yavatmal district on July 21. He also announced assistance of Rs 4 lakh to the families of each of the deceased.

Patil directed the district administration to immediately distribute food grains and provide assistance of Rs 5,000 to more than 1,600 flood-affected families in the district.

(With inputs from PTI)