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Mumbai Rains Latest Updates: IMD red alert; extreme rainfall predicted for Mumbai, Thane, Pune today

Stay tuned for the latest updates and developments on Mumbai rains today

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By CNBCTV18.com October 15, 2020, 3:12:15 PM IST (Updated)

Mumbai Rains Latest Updates: IMD red alert; extreme rainfall predicted for Mumbai, Thane, Pune today
Mumbai, Thane, Pune and the rest of Maharashtra is likely to receive heavy-to-extremely heavy rainfall in the next two-three days, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) alert.


Stay tuned for the latest updates and developments on Mumbai rains today:

  • A total of 24 fully equipped National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams widely deployed across 3 states- Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra in view of rain/flooding/waterlogging: DG NDRF.

  • Parts of Pune-Solapur Highway Waterlogged Due to Heavy Rains: The traffic on Pune-Solapur Highway was disrupted after parts of the road were flooded due to incessant rains and rise in the level of the backwater of Ujani dam on Wednesday evening, the police said. SP Abhinav Deshmukhsaid that as the water has started receding and the rains have stopped, the traffic will be resumed soon. Since the Ujani dam, which provides water to Solapur and parts of Marathwada, is filled to the capacity, water is being released at 1.80 lakh cusecs. In Pune city, several low-lying areas reported waterlogging and power outage was also reported in some parts of the city.

  • Several areas of Maharashtra like Pune and Baramati continue to see waterlogging after heavy rains lash the city, disrupting normal life.





  • Pune: Waterlogging at Sinhagad Road, following to heavy rainfall in the city





  • National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) has deployed two teams in Maharashtra —one each in Latur and Solapur for rescue operations.

  • Maharashtra: Flood-like situation in Baramati, following heavy rainfall in the area





  • Damage is expected to paddy crops, banana, papaya trees, drumstick trees & Horticultural crops. Flooding/water logging in low lying areas, disruption of surface transport, landslides, water pooling are also expected in the affected areas: IMD

  • Strong wind speed reaching 20-30 kmph gusting to 40 kmph is very likely to prevail around the system centre & over Madhya Maharashtra during next 12 hours and gradually decrease thereafter: IMD

  • Due to well-marked low-pressure area over Maharashtra, light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy rain at isolated places would occur over Konkan & Goa & adjoining Ghats of Maharashtra & heavy falls at isolated places over coastal south Gujarat today: IMD

  • For today (October 15) entire North Konkan is on red alert including Mumbai and Thane: IMD Mumbai.

  • "There is an extremely low-pressure area in the Bay of Bengal and the clouds developed because of it would be hovering on Maharashtra from October 14 to 16," news agency PTI had quoted an IMD official as saying. "It would result in heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over some parts of Maharashtra," he said. "Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada regions are expected to get showers on Wednesday while Mumbai and Konkan regions would receive rain on 15th and 16th," he added.

  • Maharashtra: Water release from Ujjani Dam, Solapur increased to 200,000 cusecs due to continuous rainfall in Pune

  • IMD has issued a red alert in Mumbai for today.





  • Moderate rains with isolated heavy rainfall coupled with thunderstorm are likely in the next couple of days in Pune and neighbouring regions, IMD said on Wednesday. Rains lashed Pune city since Wednesday afternoon. Meanwhile, neighbouring Solapur district received 79 mm rainfall on Wednesday. Six people were killed after a wall at a ghat along the banks of Chandrabhaga in Pandharpur town collapsed.





—With inputs from agencies
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