Mumbai witnessed heavy rainfall on Friday which led to some tree fall incidents, traffic snarls and slight delay in some suburban train operations
The BMC's disaster management department said that the Santacruz observatory of the IMD on Friday recorded 78.6 millimetres of rainfall, while the figure was 65.9 mm at the Colaba observatory in the southern part of the metropolis
In a 10-hour period that ended at 6 pm on Friday, Mumbai had recorded an average 35.72 mm, while eastern Mumbai witnessed 33.30 mm and the western part of the city got 29.92 mm
The city witnessed 24 incidents of tree or branch fall, four of short circuit and two of wall collapse, but there is no report of any injury to anyone, an update from the civic disaster management department said on Friday
Widespread rains since Thursday evening had caused waterlogging in some low lying areas of Kurla West and Andheri subway at night, an official said
Monsoon arrived in Mumbai on June 9, earlier than the normal date of June 11, but rains have been sparse all through the month
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