Mumbai braces for intense weather as the IMD issues an orange alert, predicting heavy to very heavy rainfall with thunderstorms and gusty winds through Friday. While Tuesday offers a brief yellow alert for thunderstorms and winds up to 40 kmph, Monday and Wednesday will see significant downpours. Neighboring Palghar faces a red alert for Monday's extreme showers, and Raigad is under an orange alert for five days.

Mumbai weather: The fresh spell of rain comes days after the monsoon strengthened its presence over Maharashtra, bringing intense overnight downpours. | Mumbai news

Kerala is bracing for heavy rainfall as the IMD has issued an orange alert for 11 districts. This signifies the potential for very heavy downpours, with warnings extending to…