The India Meteorological Department (IMD), in its Mumbai weather update, on Monday evening issued an orange alert for the city until 8 pm and predicted thunderstorm with moderate rains in city.

In a nowcast warning, the IMD Mumbai said, "Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and Moderate spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph were very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburb during next 3-4 hours. Orange nowcast alert valid till 2000 hrs."