Monsoon Makes Up For Dry June, Alert For Next 2 Days

The city and its suburbs received over 200mm rainfall in 36 hours ending Tuesday afternoon as the very wet spell that started almost a week ago, with some tapering off during the weekend, continued, replenishing the lakes supplying Mumbai, but also bringing waterlogging woes.

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After the June deficit, Mumbai has received 69% of its average July rain in just five days.

MUMBAI: The city and its suburbs received over 200mm rainfall in 36 hours ending Tuesday afternoon as the very wet spell that started almost a week ago, with some tapering off during the weekend, continued, replenishing the lakes supplying Mumbai, but also bringing waterlogging woes.

After the June deficit, Mumbai has received 69% of its average July rain in just five days.

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The downpour will continue, with IMD issuing an orange alert (extremely heavy rain) for Mumbai and Thane for Thursday and Friday.

Showers in the catchment areas of the seven lakes meant water stocks for the city have risen 6% in one week alone to 15%.

However, the downpour also led to potholes and flooding, triggering traffic woes, and tree falls, including one outside new CM Eknath Shinde's Thane's house.

Traffic had to be stopped at places like the Andheri and Khar subways and Sion road.

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Richa Pinto is a special correspondent with The Times of India. She covers urban governance & climate change issues. With over a decade of experience in field reporting, she has written extensively on various civic issues affecting Mumbaikars. She graduated in -journalism from the prestigious Mumbai-based St Xavier's College and later pursued a three-year Law degree (L.L.B.) with the University of Mumbai. She regularly tweets about all things that matter to Mumbai on-- @richapintoi.

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