New Delhi, June 16 -- The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday issued an 'Orange' alert predicting very heavy rainfall in Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar and a 'Red' alert for Raigad and the ghat areas of Pune and Satara districts.

The Met Department issued the District Forecast and Warning for the next five days on Monday afternoon, predicting "heavy to very heavy rainfall" at a few places with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in Raigad district, along with ghat areas of Pune and Satara districts till 8:30 AM on Tuesday.

An orange alert has been issued for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Ratnagiri, and Sidhudurg districts in the Konkan region and Amravati, Bhandara, Gondia, and Nagpur districts under the Vidarbha region, predi...