The India Meteorological Centre (IMD) on Tuesday issued a purple alert for 5 Maharashtra districts, which includes Raigad and Pune, forecasting extremely heavy rainfall at remoted locations, for the subsequent days.
It additionally issued an orange alert for Mumbai among Wednesday and Friday, indicating opportunity of heavy to very heavy rainfall. The IMD's Mumbai centre forecast a 'very probable' opportunity of "extraordinarily heavy rainfall at remoted places" in five districts - Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur and Satara. The red alert in those districts became issued for Wednesday and Thursday. Extremely heavy rainfall means precipitation of extra than 204.Five mm in 24 hours, the met office stated. The IMD describes rainfall as 'very likely' while the possibility of the occurrence is fifty one to 75 according to cent. A pink rain alert additionally manner government have to take preventive actions along with evacuation of humans from inclined regions and set up rescue groups. The IMD's orange alert for Mumbai among Wednesday and Friday says that heavy to very heavy rain (115.6 mm to 204.4 mm) is possibly at some locations in the town.
Marathwada and Vidarbha areas of the state are in all likelihood to get hold of mild to slight showers until Friday, it said.
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