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Mumbai: In the relentless heavy downpour that Mumbai city and its suburbs are receiving since Friday and Saturday, the city has recorded 3,038.5 mm rain throughout the season. Both the suburbs and south Mumbai have recorded 61% excess rain. Also heavy to very heavy rainfall is forecasted by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar and in the Northern Konkan region.
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Between 8.30 am Friday and 8.30 am Saturday, the Colaba weather observatory, representative of south Mumbai, recorded 108 mm rain while the Santacruz observatory, representative of the suburbs, recorded 85.4 mm rain.
According to the IMD, The city and suburbs can expect cloudy conditions with moderate to heavy rain throughout Saturday and light to moderate rain on Sunday.
“Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar are expected to receive heavy to heavy rainfall in next 24 hours. 12 cm to 20 cm of rainfall is said to be very heavy rainfall. Now even Ratnagiri is expected to get heavy rainfall. Orange warning for (Higher warning) for the North Konkan region and for the South Konkan region its yellow warning”, said KS Hosalikar, deputy director general, western region, IMD.
