NEW DELHI:
Heavy rains today lashed parts of the western coast, especially Mumbai and Konkan areas, even as the Southwest Monsoon showed no signs of advancement over the past six days.
The Southwest monsoon has been “vigorous” over Telangana and “active” over Konkan and Goa, Vidarbha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and South Interior Karnataka, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said and “heavy” to “very heavy” rainfall is expected in many parts of this region over the next 48-72 hours.
According to Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency, the offshore trough running from south Gujarat coast up to Kerala is causing rain in the region.
Since last 24 hours, Mumbai has recorded a whopping 283 mm of rain, which pushes the total rainfall received so far in the month of June to 537 mm. This is more than the monthly average of 523 mm. High tide of 4.60 metres is also expected around 2 pm.
The India Meteorological Department said, “Heavy to very heavy rainfall would occur at isolated places in the districts of Konkan region and Goa during the next 72 hours, starting from the morning of June 20”.
“Heavy rainfall would occur at isolated places in districts of Marathwada during the next 24 hours,” it said. (AGENCIES)
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