India, July 25 -- The resident of Mumbai woke up to downpour on Friday morning, with several parts of the city experiencing continuous rain. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, and Thane, warning of more intense showers ahead.

Palghar has been placed under yellow alert, indicating moderate weather activity, yet care is still to be exercised.

The weather department also issued a red alert for Raigad, Ratnagiri, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall in a few places and extremely heavy rainfall in isolated places on Friday.

The red alert has also been maintained for the ghat regions of Satara and Pune as well.

A red alert implies a "take action" warning, while orange and yellow ...