MUMBAI: The very wet spell for the city continued with over 200mm rainfall recorded within a span of 36 hours ending on Tuesday afternoon. With this, Mumbai has received 69% of its annual July rain in just the first five days of the month.
The showers are unlikely to relent, with IMD issuing an orange alert (extremely heavy rain) for Mumbai and Thane for Thursday and Friday, and a red alert for Palghar and Raigad.