MUMBAI/PUNE: Maharashtra was the wettest state in the country on Monday with close to 23 locations recording over 100mm rain in the 24 hours ending 8.30am on Monday. Dahanu in Palghar district recorded the highest rainfall in the state in the 24-hour period at 354mm. Rainfall above 204.5mm falls in the extremely heavy category.In September 2016, Dahanu had recorded 529mm rainfall. Residents were, however, spared of the monsoon fury as the onslaught took place on Sunday night and rainfall abated on Monday. Extremely heavy rainfall has been predicted in the region till Thursday.Virar recorded 276mm rain, the second highest rainfall in the state in the 24-hour period, while Vasai saw 235mm. Almost all of Vasai-Virar went under and access to railway stations like Naigaon, Vasai, Nalasopara and Virar was cut off on Monday. “It was impossible to reach stations as all major roads were flooded with waist-high water,” said a Vasaigaon resident Manisha Ingle. Flooding was also reported on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad National Highway at Vasai-Virar.The other locations in the state that received over over 200mm rain in a day were Mhasla and MurudIndia Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a red alert for Konkan till July 12, while the Flood Forecast Monitoring Directorate has issued a forecast on possible drainage congestion in Mumbai due to heavy rain and flash floods.“Rivers having their sources in the Western Ghats and flowing into Arabian Sea may witness flash floods. Necessary precautions need to be taken in case of old bridges along highways and along Konkan Railway routes,” said AK Srivastava, head of climate monitoring and analysis group at IMD.Meanwhile, all Mumbai-Pune ST buses were delayed on Monday, while Indrayani Express was cancelled.

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