Mumbai, Thane and Palghar continue to receive heavy rains

MUMBAI: Overnight heavy rainfall continued to batter Mumbai and suburban areas on Monday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of heavy rainfall in Maharashtra's Vidarbha and the Mumbai region from Monday onwards.
IMD has also warned of possibility of occasional gusty winds, reaching 40-50 kmph to 60 kmph over parts of Southwest and adjoining Westcentral Arabian sea.
The meteorological department has advised fishermen to return to coast after warning of heavy to very heavy rain.
“A cyclonic circulation is developing over the Bay of Bengal. As it intensifies further, Maharashtra will get more rains starting September 20," said Dr Shubhangi Bhute, senior scientist at the Regional meteorological centre here.
“The Vidarbha region would receive the showers first. Though it would cover mostly the northern stretch of the state from east to west, there could be very heavy showers at couple of places," she said. Subsequently, there will be showers over North Maharashtra followed by the coastal districts of Palghar, Thane and Mumbai, she added.
Meanwhile, local train services are running normally on Western Railway, Central Railway, Harbour Line, Trans-harbour Line and the Fourth Corridor. No long-distance trains have been rescheduled as well.
Mumbai will witness a high tide of 4.40 meters on Monday at 11:44 am, as per BMC. Another high tide of 4.25 meters is expected to lash India's financial capital at 11:59 pm today. The maximum city will witness a low tide of 0.92 metres at 5:50 pm on Monday. Mumbai city has received 78.59 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8 am on Monday. The eastern suburbs recorded 111.58 mm and western suburbs recorded 88.15 mm of rainfall, as per BMC.
Thane has received 91.43 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours ending 8:30 am on Monday, as per Thane Municipal Corporation.
This year the onset of monsoon was declared on June 9, two days before its official onset date.
IMD Colaba and Santacruz observatories have reported 2186.1 mm and 2842.7 mm rainfall since June 1.