Maharashtra's Raigad district witnessed heavy showers in 24 hours, with five talukas recording more than 200 mm rainfall. As per the data shared by the district authorities, the district recorded 164.7 mm rainfall in 24 hours till 10 am, PTI reported.
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Maharashtra's Raigad district witnessed heavy showers in 24 hours, with five talukas recording more than 200 mm rainfall. As per the data shared by the district authorities, the district recorded 164.7 mm rainfall in 24 hours till 10 am, PTI reported.
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Uran, Alibag, Pen, Panvel and Murud saw more than 200 mm rain, while Roha recorded the lowest 140.6 mm in 24 hours, the data revealed.
Major rivers in the district Kundalika, Amba and Patalganga have exceeded the danger level, while 24 dams are overflowing, the official said.
Shrigaon dam has reached 80 per cent of its capacity, while Punade is at 81 per cent, Karle at 68 per cent and Ranivali at 66 per cent, he said.
The total storage capacity of the dams in the district is 68.26 million cubic meter, and as on Friday, it is at 66.22 lakh cubic meters, he said.
Meanwhile, a landslide occurred amid rains in Tajpur village in Alibag taluka on Thursday night, another official said.
No casualty was reported in the incident, the official said.
The administration has issued notices to the villagers to evacuate their houses and shift to a local school building, he said.
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According to the administration, a total of 341 houses have suffered damages in the district due to heavy rainfall in the last 10 days.
As many as 7,469 people have been shifted to safer locations since the beginning of the monsoon season in June.
The highest 2,810 people were shifted in Mahad, followed by Roha with 1,351 and Khalapur with 1,039, it was stated.
The intensity of rainfall, in the meanwhile, reduced in Mumbai on Friday with the city witnessing only occasional spells of moderate to heavy showers till noon.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has, however, predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the city during the day, officials said.
Incessant rains over the past few days raised the aggregate water stock in seven lakes providing potable water to Mumbai as it reached 68 per cent on Friday morning. Of these seven lakes, four have overflowed so far, they said.
As the intensity of rain reduced, no major water-logging was reported anywhere in the metropolis, the officials said.
Some commuters complained that traffic on the Eastern as well as Western expressways was moving slow, but there was no issue on the Eastern Freeway connecting Chembur to south Mumbai.
The city traffic police said there was congestion on the Sion-Panvel highway in the morning after a chemical tanker overturned at Uran Phata in Navi Mumbai.
"There was no major waterlogging anywhere in the city as the intensity of rain reduced in the morning. Most parts of the city have been witnessing mostly light rain with occasional spells of heavy rain," a civic official said.
The IMD has issued a yellow alert, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs with the possibility of extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places, he added.
There could be occasional gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph as per the weather bureau's prediction, the official said.
The island city, its eastern suburbs and western suburbs received average rainfall of 100.82 mm, 94.79 mm and 129.12 mm, respectively, in the 24 hours ending 8 am, officials said.
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