The India Meteorological
Department’s Santacruz observatory recorded the second-highest 24-hour rain in
a decade between July 15–16 at 253.3mm.

The regional
meteorological center has predicted light to moderate rainfall in the city and
suburbs for the next 24 hours. Train delays are being reported from various
places.

The rain recorded
by the Santacruz observatory falls in the ‘extremely heavy rain’ category
according to IMD’s classification.

Data showed that
the maximum of 186 mm rainfall was recorded between 4am and 9am on Friday in
the H East ward of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Bandra East,
Kalina and Vakola fall under this area.

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Chembur saw the
second-highest, 175.5mm rainfall. Andheri too saw over 150mm rain. However, in
stark contrast, Mumbai’s Colaba observatory recorded just over 12.8mm rain.

The downpour caused
the Tulsi lake, which supplies drinking water to Mumbai, to overflow by 11am.
Tulsi is one of the two lakes in the Mumbai city limits. The other is the Vihar
lake, and both of them are located in Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP).

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BMC officials said
that overflowing of the Tulsi late lets water out into the Vihar lake. Constructed
in 1879, the Tulsi lake supplies only one per cent of Mumbai’s daily water
needs.

Waterlogging has
been reported in Linking Road in Bandra, Siddarth Nagar in Goregaon and Kranti
Nagar in Kurla.

In 2019, the
Santacruz observatory had reported 375.2mm of rainfall, the highest one-day
rain recorded in the last ten years.