Mumbai sources have added that the city experienced yet another intense downpour, the second time this season, receiving almost as much rain over Tuesday and Wednesday as it usually does in an entire month. Meanwhile the data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) indicated that over 24 hours starting 8.30am on September 19, Mumbai recorded about 304 mm of rainfall, just shy of the 312mm average set for the entire month of September which means it rained in one day almost as much as it usually does over a month.
Moreover Prof Kapil Gupta of IIT, referring to
the extreme nature of the phenomenon said "The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) has said that owing to climate change we'll keep seeing
such heavy rain over short intervals”.
Accordingly the impact was mostly
felt in the western suburbs like Andheri, Borivli, Dahisar, Dindoshi, where
many streets were under water, especially those adjoining subways connecting
eastern and western parts. Amruta Deshpande of Thakur village in Kandivli (E)
described the situation as chaotic.
