The India Meteorological Department said on Monday that moderate to intense rain with gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph is likely at isolated places over Maharashtra. IMD According to the news agency, Mumbai has predicted moderate to intense rain in Thane, Mumbai, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg during the next three to four hours. ANI report good. Earlier in the day, the Meteorological Department said that the southwest monsoon has become active. Maharashtra Again after a gap of two weeks, this time the South Konkan region is receiving extremely heavy rains.
The India Meteorological Department said on Monday that parts of the state’s coastal districts, mainly Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri, received over 200 mm of rain in the 24-hour period ending 8.30 am on Monday, as per IMD data. According to the local people, several villages and hamlets of Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri have become inaccessible due to submergence of the connecting roads, according to the news agency. PTI report good.
He said that many rivers in both the districts were in spate and water entered the fields and affected houses. “Some tehsils of Sindhudurg district received over 250 mm of rain in the last 24 hours, including Lanja, which recorded 290 mm of rain, which is the highest in the state,” a Met official said.
In neighboring Kolhapur district, Gaganbawda tehsil recorded 190 mm of rain and Shahuwadi 90 mm, the official said. In comparison, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha regions have received moderate rains in the last 24 hours, he said. The report said that in the second and third weeks of July, there was heavy rain in Marathwada and Vidarbha, in which many people lost their lives and crops were damaged.
(With inputs from ANI, PTI)
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