Maharashtra Rain: Schools to remain closed in these districts on Friday; IMD issues red alert
Maharashtra's Palghar has announced the closure of schools and colleges on Friday due to a heavy rainfall alert issued by the weather department in the district. Similar closures will be observed in Ratnagiri and Thane districts as well. Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a yellow alert for Mumbai on Friday.
Different parts of the city witnessed waterlogging on Thursday. Schools and colleges were closed as Mumbai received 90 per cent of its average seasonal rainfall until Thursday, as reported by the weather department. "Out of the 7 lakes that supply water to Mumbai, the Tansa Lake started overflowing today at 4:35 AM (Wednesday)," Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) noted.
"Monsoon in entire Maharashtra has aggravated as it is active in the Southwest region. We've given a red alert warning for Mumbai since 223 mm of rainfall has been recorded in Colaba in the last 24 hours and 145 mm in Santacruz. For today, we've given an orange alert warning in Mumbai...We've announced yellow and orange alerts for Vidarbha and Marathwada respectively," IMD official Sunil Kamble said.
On Thursday, the IMD in Mumbai issued a red alert for the city and the neighbouring Raigad district, indicating the prediction of heavy rainfall. At the same time, the adjoining Thane and Palghar districts were issued orange alerts, signalling the likelihood of significant rainfall in those areas as well. In the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am on Thursday, both the Colaba observatory (representative of the island city) and the Santacruz observatory (representative of suburbs) recorded significant rainfall, IMD Mumbai stated.
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