Living up to the IMD’s prediction of 110kms/hr windspeeds in Mumbai, the city notched 114 km/hr winds lashing Colaba, Brittania Pumping Station Reay Road recorded 177 km/hr and Malvani in Malad west saw windspeeds of 101 km/hr. The IMD recorded a staggering average 230.3 mm rainfall in the suburbs and average 207.6 mm rains in the city side, both a record during the peak summer month of May in the past century.
The city’s annual average rainfall is around 2,500 mm, implying the cyclone brought nearly 9 percent of this year’s likely total rains.
The highest rainfall figures were recorded in Kandivali (320 mm), Borivali (315 mm), Dahisar (292 mm), Goregaon and Malad (281 mm each), G-South Ward of south-central Mumbai and surroundings (266 mm), and Worli (254 mm).
Hours after the Cyclone Tauktae whirled over to Gujarat coast and made a landfall late on Monday, Mumbai and the rest of the coastal Konkan witnessed stray rains since midnight today, though strong winds and showers continued in isolated areas as life limped back to normalcy.
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