The red alert (extremely heavy rainfall) continues for Mumbai till Friday morning, after which a yellow alert (bad weather conditions with chances they may get worse) has been issued for the city by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Meanwhile, neighbouring Thane has been issued an orange alert (heavy to very heavy rainfall) even for Friday.

“Continuing with the red alert for Mumbai till 8.30 am on Friday since rain spells are continuing,” said Sushma Nair, a scientist with IMD’s Mumbai regional meteorological centre (RMC) at Colaba.