Red Alert Issued By IMD For Parts Of Maharashtra As South West Monsoon Advances, Heavy Rainfall Warning Issued

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued red and orange alerts respectively for most districts of Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra, warning of very heavy rain till July 15. These places include Palghar, Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Satara and Kolhapur. In Pune, an orange alert is also in place on July 14 & July 15.

On July 11, a low pressure system off the Andhra Pradesh-Odisha coast, formed over the Bay of Bengal. The westerly winds blowing from the Arabian Sea, too, have strengthened. This will add to the prevailing favourable conditions leading to widespread rainfall over the state of Maharashtra.

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