Maharashtra weather updates: a yellow alert was issued for July 17 and an orange alert was issued for July 18 for parts of Vidarbha
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Parts of Vidarbha in Maharashtra are likely to witness thunderstorms with lightning and heavy rains are likely at isolated places this week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a weather bulletin on Monday.
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The weather department said thunderstorms with lightning at one or two places in parts of Vidarbha are likely at isolated places this week.
According to the bulletin, a 'Yellow' alert was issued for July 17 and an 'Orange' alert was issued for July 18 for parts of Vidarbha.
The 'Yellow' alert was issued for several parts of Vidarbha including Nagpur, Wardha, Amravati, Akola, Yavatmal, Buldhana and Washim for July 17.
An 'Orange' alert has been issued for Bhandara, Gondia, Chandrapur and Gadchiroli for July 17.
"Thunderstorms with lightning and heavy rainfall at isolated places are likely," the IMD said.
Meanwhile, heavy rains lashed parts of Mumbai on Monday morning, but the public transport services were not affected in the metropolis.
The India Meteorological Department's (IMD) Mumbai centre in its 'district forecast and warnings' on Sunday afternoon issued a 'yellow' alert for the city on Monday, predicting heavy rainfall at isolated places.
In its weather forecast for the day at 8 am on Monday, the IMD Mumbai predicted moderate rain with occasional intense spells in the city and suburbs.
"Moderate rain with occasional intense spells likely in city and suburbs today," the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Monday.The island city, eastern and western suburbs received 65.50 mm, 19.74 mm and 23.56 mm rainfall, respectively, in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am on Monday.
A high tide of about 4.21 metres is expected to hit Mumbai at 12.16 pm today, while another high tide of about 3.55 metres is expected at 11.59 pm, stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The civic body also said that a low tide of about 1.90 metres is expected at 6.22 pm today.
According to news agency PTI, heavy showers lashed Mahalakshmi, Byculla, Malabar Hill, Matunga, Sion, Bandra, Santacruz, Andheri and some other areas early in the morning, but the rain intensity reduced after 8 am.
No major waterlogging was reported anywhere in the city, civic officials told PTI.
Local trains were running normally on the Central Railway and Western Railway routes, as per the authorities.
There was no route diversion of bus services of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking due to the rain, a civic official told PTI.
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