Cyclone Asani is likely to bring isolated extremely heavy rainfall over Andaman and Nicobar Islands from Sunday (March 20) to Tuesday (March 22), IMD further stated.
The slight chill – ‘gulabi thandi’ – that Mumbai experiences around Christmas and New Year has vanished. Morning walkers have already discarded their sweaters and soon it will be back to sweat shirts. It’s a pattern Mumbaiites are now familiar with; a steady rise in temperature from mid-January itself, which then shoots up in March and touches 40° Celsius by the time monsoon arrives in mid-June.
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Over 19 people died in the Mahul area in suburban Chembur after a wall came crashing down on some houses located on a hillock following a landslide.
In another rain-related incident, ten hutment-dwellers died as six shanties collapsed after a landslide in suburban Vikhroli at 2.30 am.
The weather experts revealed that Mumbai on Sunday, between midnight and 3 am, recorded over 250 mm of rain and touched 305 mm by 7 am on Sunday.
New Delhi: At least 30 people died and several others were injured in rain-related incidents in Mumbai on Sunday (July 18, 2021) as incessant heavy downpour overnight during a major thunderstorm pummeled the city, causing severe water-logging and traffic disruptions, officials said.