Several parts of Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) received moderate to heavy rainfall on Sunday, prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue a yellow alert for Maharashtra. In its bulletin, the IMD stated, “Heavy rainfall (7–11 cm) has been recorded at isolated places over Saurashtra and Kutch, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, and Assam and Meghalaya.”

Nowcast alerts, issued every three hours, also indicated a yellow alert for coastal Maharashtra throughout Sunday. A green alert has been issued for coastal areas on Monday and Tuesday, while a yellow alert has been placed for Wednesday. The IMD attributed the rainfall activity to multiple weather systems developing simultaneously: