Maharashtra Weather Update: IMD Issues Heavy Rainfall Warning For These Districts For July 26

The India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Mumbai centre on Tuesday issued an 'Orange' alert for the Maharashtra capital and its neighbouring Palghar and Thane districts for July 26 predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places.

A 'Red' alert has been issued for Raigad and Ratnagiri districts predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places.

IMD said that the Pune district is likely to receive heavy rainfall in the ghat areas in the next two days.

Here's the weather forecast for July 26 for other districts of Maharashtra:

• Sindhudurg

  'Orange' Alert, Heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places - Very Likely

• Dhule

  'Yellow' Alert, Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty winds at one or two places- Very Likely

• Nandurbar

  'Green' Alert, Light to moderate rain / Thundershowers - Very Likely

• Jalgaon

  'Yellow' Alert, Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty winds (30-40kmph) at one or two places - Very Likely

• Nasik

  'Yellow' Alert, Heavy rainfall at isolated places in ghat areas - Very Likely

• Ahmednagar

  'Yellow' Alert, Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty winds (30-40kmph) at one or two places - Very Likely

• Kolhapur

  'Yellow Alert', Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in ghat areas - Very Likely

• Satara

  'Red Alert', Extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in ghat areas -Very Likely

• Nagpur

  'Yellow Alert', Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & Heavy rainfall at isolated places - Very Likely

Check the full weather forecast here

Despite issuing an 'Orange' alert for Mumbai on Tuesday, most parts of the city witnessed overcast sky with moderate rains in the morning.

After a heavy downpour last week, the rain intensity has reduced in Mumbai since Sunday.

The island city, eastern and western suburbs received an average rainfall of 30.81mm, 55.78 mm and 55.20 mm, respectively, in the 24 hours ending at 8 am on Tuesday, according to PTI.