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Mumbai rain LIVE Updates: Parts of Maharashtra and its capital city are witnessing heavy showers for yet another day on Wednesday.

Published on: Jul 6, 2022, 10:43:19 IST

By HT News Desk, New Delhi

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Parts of Maharashtra, including the state's capital city of Mumbai, continued to witness heavy rain on Wednesday, with the downpour resulting in waterlogging on the streets. Train operations, too, have been severely impacted.

Mumbai, India - July 05, 2022: Vehicles wade through waterlogged road due to incessant rain since morning at Kurla, in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, July 05, 2022. (Photo by Satish Bate/Hindustan Times)

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Here are some latest updates on today's situation in the country's financial capital:

(1.) Local train services under Central Railway are running 10 minutes behind schedule on the mainline between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT)-Kalyan/Karjat/Kasara, and CSMT and Panvel railway stations on the Harbour Railway.

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(2.) Due to waterlogging, traffic movement was slow in several areas of the metropolis. These included Matunga Circle, Sakkar Panchayat, Hindmata Junction, Neelam Junction, Khar subway, Sea Link gate (towards Worli), Dadar Junction, Mankhurd railway bridge, Everard Nagar, among others.

(3.) However, rain relented in the Lonavla Ghat section, with 166mm rainfall being recorded in the area in the past 24 hours, ending 6am. Road and rail transport between Mumbai and Pune was functioning smoothly.

(4.) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) recorded that the city saw ‘heavy to very heavy’ showers overnight. In the 24-hour period, that ended 8:30am on Tuesday, Santacruz weather station – representative of Mumbai – logged 193.6mm rain.

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(5.) According to IMD norms, rainfall in the range of 64.5mm and 115.5mm in 24 hours is considered ‘heavy’, while that in the range of 115.6mm and 204.4mm is ‘very heavy’.

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