Thane rains: Heavy rains pounded Thane and neighbouring Palghar districts on Wednesday, causing water-logging in many localities following which more than 250 families from low-lying areas in Thane were shifted to safer places
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Maharashtra's Thane city received a whopping 213.84 mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Thursday, with a civic official saying it is the highest single-day downpour here in this monsoon season, reported news agency PTI.
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Heavy rains pounded Thane and neighbouring Palghar districts on Wednesday, causing water-logging in many localities following which more than 250 families from low-lying areas in Thane were shifted to safer places, officials earlier told PTI.
Some rivers in Thane and adjoining Raigad were in spate, they said.
Thane Municipal Corporation's disaster management cell chief Yasin Tadvi told PTI the downpour in the city in the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Thursday was the highest single-day rainfall of this monsoon season.
Earlier, on August 29-30, 2017, Thane recorded 314 mm rainfall, he said.
The city has so far this monsoon season received 1,501.99 mm rainfall, compared to 1,355.22 mm in the same period last year, he said.
The fire services attended to 68 complaints on Wednesday, including 30 of tree fall, 13 of fall of tree branches and eight of water-logging in different localities of Thane city, Tadvi told PTI.
Meanwhile, Mumbai received an average 100 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours and the weather department has predicted heavy to very heavy showers in the city and suburbs along with strong winds over the next one day.
After a heavy downpour on Wednesday which caused water-logging in many low-lying areas and affected local train services, the rain intensity reduced early Thursday morning and there were no showers in some parts of the city.
The country's financial capital received an average 100 mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am on Thursday, a civic official told PTI.
The island city, eastern and western suburbs recorded an average rainfall of 95.39 mm, 96.70 mm and 110.45 mm, respectively, during the period.
The India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Mumbai centre has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs in the next 24 hours, with a possibility of occasional gusty winds reaching 50-60 kmph.
Railway authorities said local train services, considered as the lifeline of Mumbai, were normal on both the Central Railway and Western Railway routes.
(With inputs from PTI)
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