The Indian Meteorological Department on Saturday issued an orange alert for Mumbai while it has issued a red alert for Palghar. The weather department has predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places in Mumbai for today and tomorrow. Apart from Mumbai, the weather department has made similar predictions for Thane and Raigad districts.
Moreover, for Palghar, the weather department has issued an orange alert for today and a red alert for tomorrow with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places. However, the rainfall will reduce after tomorrow.
In its five-day forecast, the weather department has issued a yellow alert for Monday (August 5) with heavy rainfall at isolated places in Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad.
Earlier on July 25-26, Maharashtra received extremely heavy downpours causing flooding in parts of cities including Mumbai and Pune. In some areas, the rainfall crossed the 14 cm mark. In 24 hours till 8 AM on July 26, Vakola had received 142.2 mm of rainfall while in Sewri, Ghatkopar, Kandivali and Borivali the rainfall breached the 130 mm mark.
Due to intense rainfall, Mumbai University postponed the examinations for the Raigad and Ratnagiri districts. The schools and colleges were also closed in Navi Mumbai, Panvel and Raigad as a precautionary measure.
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