The India Meteorological Department on Friday issued an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad for moderate to intense spells of rain at isolated places, The Times of India reported.
Mumbai continued to receive heavy monsoon rainfall.
Between 8 am on Thursday and 7 am on Friday, the city had recorded an average rainfall of 114 mm. While the eastern suburbs received 102 mm of rain, the western suburbs recorded 109 mm during the period.
Two electrocuted in rain-related incidents
A 17-year-old girl died after suffering an electric shock in a waterlogged area outside her home in Mumbra on Wednesday night, The Times of India reported.
The police have registered a first information report against officials of Torrent Power Limited for alleged negligence.
The girl, Aliya Mohamad Sajid Chandiwala, had stepped out while it was raining when she allegedly came in contact with electricity that had leaked into the waterlogged area near the building’s iron gate. She was taken to hospital, where doctors declared her dead, the newspaper reported.
The incident came a day after a 26-year-old sweet shop worker, Mustafa Shaikh, died after being electrocuted in Bhiwandi.
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Monsoon in Delhi
The southwest monsoon arrived in Delhi on Thursday, five days later than its normal onset date of June 27.
The weather department said that it is for the first time since 2021 that monsoon had arrived in July.
The meteorological department has forecast thunderstorms in several parts of the national capital on Friday, NDTV reported.
Edited by Nachiket Deuskar.
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