Mumbai, Thane and Palghar are likely to experience thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning, light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds around 50-60 kmph at isolated places on Saturday and Sunday. PIC/ASHISH RAJE
The rain alert was issued after a cyclonic circulation had developed over the Arabian Sea off the Karnataka coast around May 21
A low-pressure area was formed around May 22 over the east-central Arabian Sea near Karnataka coast. As a result, heavy rainfall was recorded across Maharashtra in the past few days
The state will continue to experience heavy rainfall till May 25, particularly affecting Konkan and the ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra
IMD has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places, with extremely heavy rainfall expected in parts of Pune, Alhyanagar, Kolhapur, Satara, Chandrapur, and Gadchiroli
Meanwhile, IMD has predicted rains in Pune, Satara, Sindhudurg and some other parts of Maharashtra on Friday evening
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