India, Sept. 29 -- Mumbai recorded heavy rainfall for the second consecutive day on Monday with several areas of the city registering above 100mm rains. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) placed an orange alert for the city for the next 24-hours indicating moderate to heavy rainfall, which will continue till Tuesday morning after which it is likely to subside.

According to forecasters, the Santacruz observatory recorded 77.5mm rain till 8:30am on Monday morning followed by 101.2mm at the Colaba station.

According to IMD, the depression and trough that triggered heavy spells of rain has moved westward, due to which the rainfall is likely to be less intense.

According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) automatic wea...