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Heavy Rain in Mumbai & Thane : The rain, which has been resting for the past few days, made an appearance on Saturday morning. Mumbai city and suburbs had received rains since the beginning of August. There were light showers at some places on Friday. But since early morning on Saturday, there has been a lot of momentum. Heavy to very heavy rain is likely in Mumbai, Thane and Palghar districts. It has been raining heavily since morning in the suburbs including Mumbai. Andheri, Virar, Bhayander, Thane, Mulund, Kalyan, Dombivali, Badlapur, Ambernath and Navi Mumbai are experiencing heavy rains everywhere. After several days of rest, the rains have started. Road and rail traffic has been affected due to this rain. In many places, water has started to accumulate in the low-lying areas. The intensity of rain is likely to increase further. Due to this rain, the local services on all the three lines of the railway have been disrupted. The local service is running late.*The speed of the train service also slowed down* so it was clear that Saturday morning would be a struggle for the employees going to work. Even after dawn this morning, the rain continued in Mumbai and Thane. It has started raining since midnight. Due to the continuous rains, water has started to accumulate in the low-lying areas of Mumbai and Thane. The effect of this is seen on road traffic. Apart from this, the speed of the suburban train service which is the lifeline of Mumbai has also slowed down. Orange alert for rain has been given to many districts including Mumbai. Rains have lashed North Maharashtra including Vidarbha. Orange alert has been issued for Mumbai today. Along with this, an orange alert has also been issued for Thane, Palghar, Raigad and Ratnagiri. While heavy to very heavy rains are forecast everywhere in Konkan.*Rain with lightning is forecast in North Maharashtra* Orange alert has also been issued for Ghat area in Pune. Heavy rain has also been warned in Ghat area of Kolhapur and Satara. Light to moderate rains are likely in urban areas except ghat area. A yellow alert has been issued in North Maharashtra with the forecast of rain accompanied by lightning, heavy rain at some places along with gale force winds. In Marathwada too, rain with lightning is expected in many places tomorrow.
