Mumbai: Due to raining continuously in Mumbai, which is affecting the lives of the people. At the same time, after heavy rains throughout the day, Mumbai on Wednesday recorded the highest rainfall so far in July and has received a record 1557.8 mm of rainfall so far this month. This information has been given by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
Mumbai: Due to raining continuously in Mumbai, which is affecting the lives of the people. At the same time, after heavy rains throughout the day, Mumbai on Wednesday recorded the highest rainfall so far in July and has received a record 1557.8 mm of rainfall so far this month. This information has been given by the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
According to previous record, the highest rainfall was in July 2020 when 1,502 mm of rainfall was recorded by IMD Santacruz observatory (representative of Mumbai’s suburbs).
The IMD said that from July 1 to July 26, 2023, at 0830 am (8.30 am), Santacruz (observatory) recorded 1,433 mm. At the same time, this record of July with the highest rainfall has been broken on July 26, 2023 at 2030 (8.30 pm), the Santa Cruz Observatory has recorded a total of 1557.8 mm of rain so far.
The Indian Meteorological Department predicting red alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places, is valid from 8 pm on Wednesday night till noon on July 27 and covers Mumbai city and suburban areas.
Due to continuous heavy rains in Mumbai, the devastation is not taking the name of stopping. At the same time, the IMD has declared a red alert today i.e. 27 July 2023, Thursday. In view of this, all educational institutes have been closed. Schools in Mumbai will remain closed today and University of Mumbai has postponed the semester examinations. 15 semester exams to be held today have been postponed.
The semester exams of Mumbai University have also been postponed and new dates will be announced shortly. Along with this, the January session exams for the first and second year have also been extended. These exams are from the Institute of Open and Distance Learning, University of Mumbai.
