Heavy rain disrupted traffic and local train services in Mumbai on Friday as several districts of Maharashtra witnessed heavy downpour. The situation does not seem to be improving for commuters in Mumbai on Saturday as the India Meteorological department has predicted widespread rain in many parts of Maharashtra.

The Met department has issued a red alert for Palghar district and an orange alert for Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Raigad, and Thane districts for the next 2 days. Also, the weather department has predicted that Mumbai is likely to receive heavy rainfall on Saturday.

According to data shared by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai on Friday received 73.6 mm of rainfall in 10 hours between 8 AM and 6 PM whereas the Eastern Suburbs received 88.30 mm and the Western Suburbs received 63.29 mm of rainfall.

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) also warned about heavy rain on July 22 in Mumbai. “Heavy rainfall in Mumbai city and suburbs with possibility of very heavy rainfall at isolated places,” BMC tweeted.