The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for light to moderate spells of rain over the next three hours across multiple districts in Maharashtra.
The alert has been issued for
Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Pune, Nashik, Satara and Nanded districts.
#BREAKING The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Pune, Nashik, Satara and Nanded districts. Light to moderate spells of rain are very likely over the next three hours: India… pic.twitter.com/7yeH26I3SQ
— IANS (@ians_india) October 30, 2025
Residents in the affected areas are advised to take necessary precautions.
Additionally, IMD also warned of thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) likely over the region during the next 5 days.
Earlier, the weather system identified as a Depression over the eastern-central Arabian Sea has been moving northeastward at 8 kilometres per hour.
According to IMD, as of 2:30 AM IST on October 29, 2025, it was situated approximately 440 kilometres southwest of Veraval in Gujarat, 420 kilometres west-southwest of Mumbai in Maharashtra, 570 kilometres west-northwest of Panjim in Goa, 820 kilometres northwest of Mangalore in Karnataka, and 840 kilometres north-northwest of Aminidivi in the Lakshadweep Islands.
The weather department said that this Depression is expected to continue its movement northeastward across the eastern-central Arabian Sea over the next 36 hours. The region is likely to experience changing weather patterns as this system progresses, potentially affecting coastal areas.
