Weather Office Issues 'Red Alert' For Goa, 'Orange Alert' For Mumbai Today

The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a "red alert" for several coastal districts of Maharashtra and Goa, warning of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall from Friday through the weekend. According to the weather office, a red alert, forecasting the likelihood of extremely heavy rainfall, has been issued for Goa, Raigad and Ratnagiri on May 23. An orange alert is in place for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Sindhudurg, as well as ghats of Pune and Satara during this period for heavy to hefty rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds, per PTI.

The IMD issued an orange alert for Mumbai for May 23 and 24, warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds reaching speeds of 50 to 60 kilometres per hour at isolated places.

According to the weather office, the cause of this pre-monsoon rain is the formation of a low-pressure system over the east-central Arabian Sea off the coast of south Konkan and Goa. It is likely to intensify and bring intense showers across Konkan and other parts of Maharashtra, the IMD said.