<p>It literally came like a bolt from the blue as India’s business hub of Mumbai and its suburbs received 200-plus mm rainfall accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning in barely three hours past midnight as most people slept.</p>.<p>This was a sort of mini cloudburst - resulting in sudden inundation in several places in Mumbai and the neighbouring Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts.</p>.<p>There was heavy rainfall warning for Mumbai and the coastal Konkan belt of Maharashtra, however, the intensity came as a surprise.</p>.<p>“Last night, Mumbai faced a weather system of extreme heavy rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning, some parts crossing 200 mm rainfall in a span of three hours. These were mini cloudbursts in a short span with full fury of nature,” state Tourism, Environment and Protocol Minister Aaditya Thackeray said.</p>.<p>During the last 24 hours ending 0830 hrs Sunday, the Mumbai-based Regional Meteorological Centre’s Colaba observatory recorded 196.8 mm rainfall and Santacruz 234.9 mm rainfall.</p>.<p>Similarly, high intensity rainfall was reported from suburban areas of the Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR).</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mumbai-rains-water-complex-hit-boil-drinking-water-bmc-tells-citizens-1010044.html" target="_blank">Drinking water complex hit in Mumbai due to heavy rains</a></strong></p>.<p>“Belapur in Navi Mumbai recorded 201.2 mm rainfall, Thane 180 mm and Palghar 236.6 mm,” said KS Hosalikar, Head SID, Climate & Research Services, Pune.</p>.<p>The Sanjay Gandhi National Park too received heavy rainfall as water gushed out from the Mithi and Dahisar rivers.</p>.<p>Several people living along the Mithi river had to be evacuated even though heavy damage was reported inside the park area and a deer swam out on the roads.</p>.<p>The Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary and Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary too received heavy downpour, reports reaching here said.</p>.<p>Several villages in North Konkan areas of Palghar, Thane and Raigad were cut off because of inundation even as power and water supply was hit.</p>.<p>The IMD has asked fishermen not to venture into the Arabian Sea as it could be choppy.</p>
<p>It literally came like a bolt from the blue as India’s business hub of Mumbai and its suburbs received 200-plus mm rainfall accompanied by heavy thunder and lightning in barely three hours past midnight as most people slept.</p>.<p>This was a sort of mini cloudburst - resulting in sudden inundation in several places in Mumbai and the neighbouring Palghar, Thane and Raigad districts.</p>.<p>There was heavy rainfall warning for Mumbai and the coastal Konkan belt of Maharashtra, however, the intensity came as a surprise.</p>.<p>“Last night, Mumbai faced a weather system of extreme heavy rainfall accompanied by thunder and lightning, some parts crossing 200 mm rainfall in a span of three hours. These were mini cloudbursts in a short span with full fury of nature,” state Tourism, Environment and Protocol Minister Aaditya Thackeray said.</p>.<p>During the last 24 hours ending 0830 hrs Sunday, the Mumbai-based Regional Meteorological Centre’s Colaba observatory recorded 196.8 mm rainfall and Santacruz 234.9 mm rainfall.</p>.<p>Similarly, high intensity rainfall was reported from suburban areas of the Mumbai metropolitan region (MMR).</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/mumbai-rains-water-complex-hit-boil-drinking-water-bmc-tells-citizens-1010044.html" target="_blank">Drinking water complex hit in Mumbai due to heavy rains</a></strong></p>.<p>“Belapur in Navi Mumbai recorded 201.2 mm rainfall, Thane 180 mm and Palghar 236.6 mm,” said KS Hosalikar, Head SID, Climate & Research Services, Pune.</p>.<p>The Sanjay Gandhi National Park too received heavy rainfall as water gushed out from the Mithi and Dahisar rivers.</p>.<p>Several people living along the Mithi river had to be evacuated even though heavy damage was reported inside the park area and a deer swam out on the roads.</p>.<p>The Karnala Bird Sanctuary, Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary and Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary too received heavy downpour, reports reaching here said.</p>.<p>Several villages in North Konkan areas of Palghar, Thane and Raigad were cut off because of inundation even as power and water supply was hit.</p>.<p>The IMD has asked fishermen not to venture into the Arabian Sea as it could be choppy.</p>