The India Meteorological Department earlier issued a red alert for Mumbai and its adjoining districts Thane, Palghar, and Raigad for Thursday morning

The civic body said the IMD has predicted "thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and heavy to very heavy rainfall with gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph" in its weather update issued at 8 am

Schools and colleges in Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad were also closed on Thursday after heavy rains

The Mumbai civic body and police had on Wednesday advised people in the city and surrounding areas to stay indoors as much as possible

After heavy rains on Wednesday some roads were water-logged and people were seen wading through knee-deep waters

Several areas received more than 100 mm of rain in five hours of Wednesday evening, the officials said

The city received heavy rains after a long dry-spell in September

Heavy rains battered the city, inundating low-lying areas, halting local trains in their tracks and forcing the diversion of at least 14 incoming flights on Wednesday

However, on Thursday morning, the vehicular and rail traffic in Mumbai resumed to normal