The rain was back on Monday in the city and adjoining areas after a dry spell. While Mumbai and Thane are on Orange alert for today, Palghar, Raigad, Nashik and Pune are on Red alert due to the possibility of heavy and extremely heavy rain.

An Orange alert by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) indicates that heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely at a few places. A warning has also been issued to fishermen by the IMD. In the past 24 hours ending at 8.30 am on Monday, IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded rainfall of 34 mm, while the Colaba observatory recorded a rainfall of 54 mm during the same period.