Lonavala, a well-known hill station between Pune and Mumbai, saw 670 mm of rain in the last 24 hours, which caused floods and landslides in a number of places.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) estimates that Lonavala will only see this level of precipitation once every 1,000 years. Former IMD Pune Head of the Climate Research & Services Division, KS Hosalikar, used X (previously Twitter) to describe the event’s significance.
In Lonavala, 416 mm of rainfall has a likely return time of 25 years, 461 mm of 50 years, 506 mm of 100 years, 610 mm of 500 years, and 654 mm of 1,000 years, according to Hosalikar’s study.
Transport was seriously impacted, according to Hosalikar, by landslides in the Bhor Ghat area, interruptions on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway, and the connecting train link caused by the heavy rainfall.
In the meantime, Tamhini Ghat had 530 mm of rain throughout the previous day.
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