'Heavy' rain alert in Mumbai, schools closed in 3 Maharashtra districts: Updates

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Amid continuous heavy downpour in parts of Maharashtra, the India Meteorological Department issued a rainfall warning Thursday, detailing the weather situation during the next five days..

A red alert has been issued for four districts, Thane, Raigad, Pune, and Palghar as these areas may experience up to very heavy rainfall till Saturday..

The weather warning also prompted authorities to declare a school holiday Palghar and Thane, while deploy National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams in six districts to mitigate the impact of rain-related damages..

Mumbai's civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations said the city received an average of 27.50 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours, as recorded on 8 am Friday. 3)Other than Thane and Palghar, a total of 355 schools in Pune's hilly regions, including Ambegaon, Khed, Junnar, Bhor, Purandar, Mulshi and Maval talukas will also remain closed on Friday in the view of the weather situation..

The officials have issued warnings for the villages nearby coastal areas because of the high tide. . 5)As of now, none of the districts were put on red alert for Saturday, however, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Pune, and Satara remained on orange alert...

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