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Maharashtra Rains:  Parts of Navi Mumbai were lashed by heavy rainfall on Saturday, causing waterlogging in various areas. Mumbai has been placed under a yellow warning today by the Regional Meteorological Centre. A high tide warning was also announced by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

It said in a post on X, “Moderate rain in City and Suburbs. Possibility of heavy rainfall at isolated places. High Tide - 11:47 hrs – 4.28 meter, 23:37 hrs – 3.66 meter. Low Tide - 17:52 hrs – 1.70 meter, 05:38 hrs (04.08.2024)– 0.75 meter.”

Also, the IMD released a yellow alert, indicating that Palghar and Thane may get significant rains until August 6. The districts of Dhule, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Nashik, Ahmednagar, and Kolhapur have also been given heavy rain warnings. A red alert for exceptionally heavy rain is in effect for Satara and Pune.

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IMD Mumbai said earlier, “Moderate spells of rain are very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Palghar, Nasik, Dhule, Nandurbar, Kolhapur, and Sindhudurg during the next three to four hours.”

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In an address to the media on July's rainfall as well as the anticipated amount for the second half of the monsoon season, IMD Director-General M Mohapatra stated on Thursday that August and September 2024 precipitation nationwide is probably going to be above average, or more than 106 percent of the long-period average. August to September have a long-period average of 422.8 mm.

He said that "below normal" rainfall, or less than 94 percent of the long-period average, might fall on a large number of places in the northeast and adjacent portions of eastern India, Ladakh, Saurashtra, Kutch, and some isolated sections in central and southern regions.