Heavy rains continued to lash parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday. Heavy showers were witnessed at popular hill station Mahabaleshwar and neighbouring areas of western Maharashtra and the Konkan region over the last 24 hours. resulting in the water level of the Koyna dam rising, officials said  on Tuesday, according to the PTI.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a 'yellow alert' for Satara district, where Mahabaleshwar and the Koyna dam are located, predicting heavy rains on Tuesday and the next two days at isolated places in some areas of the Western Ghats. It has also issued an 'orange alert' for Friday, forecasting heavy to very heavy rains in isolated areas of the ghats, as per the PTI.