44 milliliters of rain fall over Male’ City in 2 hours

44 milliliters of rain water fell over the capital, Male’ City, from 10 am to 1 pm this Wednesday, reports Maldives Meteorological Service.

The heavy rain over Male’ City has resulted in extensive flooding, making it inconvenient for transportation both on foot and via vehicle.

ALERT YELLOW
Advisory:
Torrential rain and thunderstorms.
Area: Kaafu and Alifu atoll
Period:05/1345 hrs - 05/1645 hrs.
ISSUED: 1335 hrs 05 Dec 2018.
-MetService- pic.twitter.com/EHi1cMAdXL

— Maldives Meteorology (@MetMaldives) December 5, 2018

Meteorological Service forecasts the bad weather will continue over the next 24 hours.

The agency has issued a Yellow Alert to area from K. Atoll to A. Atoll from 1:45 pm to 4:45 pm over torrential rain and thunderstorms.