Heavy rain continues to batter Mumbai for 5th day

For the fifth-day in a row, Mumbaiites woke up to a thick cloud cover, gusty winds and heavy rain, as reported from various parts of the city on Thursday.

For the fifth-day in a row, Mumbaiites woke up to a thick cloud cover, gusty winds and heavy rain, as reported from various parts of the city on Thursday.

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The continuous downpour has led to water-logging in several areas, local trains running late, delay in flights and many schools remaining closed.

A day after the Santacruz weather station, representative of Mumbai, recorded the highest 24-hour September rainfall between Tuesday and Wednesday, both south Mumbai and the suburbs recorded three digit rainfall figures in the last 24 hours.

South Mumbai received more rain than the suburbs in the last 24 hours. Between 8.30am on Wednesday and 8.30am on Thursday, the Colaba weather station recorded more rainfall at 145.8mm as compared to 104.1mm at Santacruz.

Under the IMD’s new classification, 15.6mm to 64.4mm rain is considered moderate, 64.5mm to 115.5mm is heavy, 115.6mm to 204.4mm is very heavy and more than 204.5mm — extreme.

Between Tuesday and Wednesday, Santacruz recorded 142.6mm rain while Colaba recorded only 37.4mm. The highest 24-hour rainfall figure for September in the past 10 years was recorded on September 4, 2012 at 185.2mm. However, the all-time high record was observed on September 23, 1981 at 318.2mm.