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By 5.30 pm, Pune had received 101 mm rainfall, with parts of the city completely inundated. Pavan KhengreHeavy rain pounded Pune on Friday, with a particularly intense spell between 1.30 pm and 2.30 pm, when the city received 90 mm rain within an hour. According to scientists at the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the heavy rainfall was a result of the interaction between very high concentrations of moisture and excess heating. In the last decade, the city has recorded such heavy rain only on two occasions — 181 mm in 2010 and 105.1 mm in 2011, but those spells were across a 24-hour period. Pavan Khengre A traffic jam on Ganeshkhind Road, in Pune on Friday..