six hours of heavy downpour on Wednesday brought life to a halt in the megapolis, throwing rail and road traffic out of gear and paralysing the commute of lakhs of Mumbaikars.
An extraordinary September deluge of 217.4mm, the second highest on a single day in a decade, flooded the city over Tuesday night and Wednesday. On Wednesday, from 8.30am to 8.30pmpm, the rainfall recorded by IMD Santacruz observatory was 206.6mm—it falls in ‘extremely heavy’ category—making it the second highest spell this monsoon season, after the July 1-2 burst of 375mm. IMD Colaba observatory recorded 71.2mm. The total September rain recorded till Wednesday evening by Santacruz observatory was 496.5mm as against the required 327.1mm.

six hours of heavy downpour on Wednesday brought life to a halt in the megapolis, throwing rail and road traffic out of gear and paralysing the commute of lakhs of Mumbaikars.
An extraordinary September deluge of 217.4mm, the second highest on a single day in a decade, flooded the city over Tuesday night and Wednesday. On Wednesday, from 8.30am to 8.30pmpm, the rainfall recorded by IMD Santacruz observatory was 206.6mm—it falls in ‘extremely heavy’ category—making it the second highest spell this monsoon season, after the July 1-2 burst of 375mm. IMD Colaba observatory recorded 71.2mm. The total September rain recorded till Wednesday evening by Santacruz observatory was 496.5mm as against the required 327.1mm.