2 min readMumbaiUpdated: Jul 3, 2026 10:54 AM IST
Amidst an orange alert across the region, heavy showers continued to sweep Mumbai and its neighbouring districts of Thane, Raigad and Palghar on Friday morning.
For the fifth consecutive day of the week, pockets of the city received over 100 mm of rainfall within 24 hours. While the city remained relatively dry, receiving only 18 mm of rain between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm at the IMD observatories, showers gathered pace after evening.
Data furnished by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) showed that between 8 am on Thursday and 6 am on Friday, the heaviest rainfall was recorded in Mandavi that received 150 mm, followed by Malabar Hill (145 mm), Fort (140 mm), Andheri (136 mm), Versova (129 mm), Powai (124 mm) and Bhandup (117 mm).
The unabated showers triggered waterlogging across several pockets of the Mumbai Metropolitan region.
According to the weather bureau, rain activity is slated to intensify from July 3, Friday, by which time a low-pressure system is expected to develop along the upper-air circulation system.
IMD has stated the possibility of heavy to extremely heavy rain in Mumbai till July 5 amidst an orange alert sounded in the region, while Thane district is placed under a red alert starting July 4. An orange alert is issued in the likelihood of 115.6 mm to 204.4 mm rain within 24 hours, while a red alert is sounded amid the possibility of extremely heavy rainfall above 204.4 mm within a day.
Spurred by heavy showers over the past few days, the water stock in the seven lakes that supply Mumbai’s potable water continued to soar. On Friday morning, the water stock in the seven lakes touched 1.29 lakh million litres, or 8.93 per cent of the total capacity. Between Thursday and Friday morning, the heaviest spells were recorded over Tulsi Lake at 164 mm, followed by 137 mm of rain over Vihar Lake.
