The India Meteorological Department in Mumbai has issued a yellow alert of moderate rain for Mumbai and suburban Mumbai.
The IMD has also issued an orange alert of moderate rain and thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds for Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Nashik, Ahmednagar, Pune, Satara, Ratnagiri, Amravati and Wardha.
The IMD has issued a yellow alert for 9 districts in Maharashtra apart from Mumbai and suburban Mumbai. These include Gadchiroli, Gondia, Nagpur, Yavatmaal, Akola, Buldhana, Jalna, Dhule and Sangli.
The weather agency sounded a red alert over Ratnagiri, Satara, Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts for the next 24 hours predicting very heavy rainfall. “Low pressure over the Arabian Sea has turned into a depression and is expected to enter Ratnagiri district,” it added. This is followed by an orange alert extending till Wednesday (May 28). Mumbai and Thane are under a yellow alert till Wednesday, indicating moderate to heavy spells of rainfall coupled with thunderstorms and gusty winds.