The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) for the weekend. Mumbai, Thane and Palghar are likely to experience thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning, light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds around 50-60 kmph at isolated places on Saturday and Sunday.

The Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg regions continue to remain under red alert, with the weather bureau predicting heavy to extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places.