Mahabaleshwar recorded 802 mm within 33 hours, by 5.30 pm on Thursday. Of this, 480 mm rain was recorded during the 24-hour period between Wednesday and Thursday, making it the wettest ever July day and second ever wettest day since 1970. It was an especially rainy day even for a hill station which, every year, receives extremely heavy rain. As rainfall continued on Thursday, the nine-hour rainfall recorded between 8.30 am to 5.30 pm was 322 mm. All districts in Konkan will also remain under this alert with chances of heavy to very heavy rain till Sunday.

Source: Indian Express July 22, 2021 16:41 UTC