Red Alert issued In Raigad, Heavy Rain Forecast For Maharashtra Today
As the monsoon has become active, the Meteorological Department said the intensity
of rains will increase throughout the day on Monday and issued alerts for various
regions of Maharashtra.
It has issued a red alert in Raigad district, orange alert in Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Pune
ghat section, Satara ghat section, Kolhapur ghat section and yellow alert in Mumbai,
Palghar, Thane, Nashik ghat section, Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Gadchiroli. The
weather bureau has predicted thunderstorms with lightning likely in Buldhana, Akola,
Amravati, Washim, Yavatmal, Wardha, Nagpur, Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and
Gadchiroli districts.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in its post on X said, “The Indian
Meteorological Department has issued a warning of heavy rains in Mumbai
Metropolitan Region (Mumbai city and suburbs) for next three hours. For help in an
emergency or for officials, contact the BMC’s main control room helpline number 1916.”
