Mumbai Rains Updates: High Tide Alert In The Arabian Sea

Mumbai City: (in millimeters)

• F North Ward Office & Wadala Fire Station- 28

• Worli Sea Face Municipal School- 27

• Pratiksha Nagar Municipal School- 26

• Savitribai Municipal School & Rawali Camp-26

• Sewree Koliwada Municipal School- 25

• G South Ward Office- 24

• Nadkarni Park- 23

• Talchekarwadi Municipal School-23

• N. M. Marg Joshi Municipal School- 22

• F South Ward Office- 22

• Dadar Fire Station- 22

• Worli Fire Station- 22

Mumbai Airport's Terminal 2 experienced waterlogging due to heavy rains in the city.

Visuals from the APMC market and Turbhe Mafco market in Navi Mumbai face waterlogging due to heavy showers. 

On Monday, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation announced a holiday for all BMC, government and private schools and colleges in Mumbai due to heavy rains. Earlier it had announced a holiday for the first session, but later extended it for the second session as well.

Mumbai experienced significant rainfall between 8:00 am (yesterday) and 8:00 am (today) across various places.

• Mumbai City- 93.16 mm.

• Eastern Suburbs- 66.03 mm.

• Western Suburbs- 78.93 mm

Source: BMC

A civic official told PTI that there will be a high tide of 3.87 metres in the Arabian Sea at 4:09 pm. As it's a saucer-shaped city, high tides combined with heavy rains can trigger flooding as water doesn't get discharged into the sea at that time.

(Source: PTI)

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on X has mentioned that the pumping system at Gandhi Market is running to drain out rainwater immediately. "Traffic is running smoothly."

Western Railways on X (formerly known as Twitter) has said that trains from Churchgate to Dahanu Road and Mahim to Goregaon are running on time. 

India's two top passenger airlines — IndiGo and Air India — have announced flight delays at Mumbai airport on Friday attributing the disruptions to heavy rains and resulting air traffic congestion.

Water logging at Mumbai's King Circle area due to heavy rains in the city.

After light showers for two days, Mumbai and its neighboring districts experienced moderate to heavy rainfall on Thursday. As a result, the water stock in the reservoirs supplying the city increased to 22.80% on Friday. On the same day in 2023, it was 27.65%, and in 2022, it was 50.32%.

Mumbai Traffic Police have issued a traffic advisory for motorists in Bandra-Kurla Complex, or BKC, ahead of a high-profile wedding at the Jio World Convention Centre. The advisory is effective from July 12 to July 15, 2024. It includes road closures and diversions to ensure smooth traffic flow during a "public event."

The India Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert for Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Sindhudurg districts in Maharashtra's Konkan region, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall.

Indigo has notified travelers that their flights are impacted due to heavy rain and congestion in Mumbai's air traffic.

India Meteorological Department predicts moderate to heavy rain in city and suburbs. Possibility very heavy rainfall at isolated places.