Heavy rainfall is expected to continue in Maharashtra from Saturday to Thursday, with Konkan and adjoining ghat areas very likely to receive isolated, extremely heavy downpour.
"Widespread rainfall activity with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places with isolated extremely heavy rainfall is very likely over Konkan and adjoining ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra from Saturday to Thursday," India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its latest rain update for the state.
The IMD also predicted the possibility of lightning and thunder accompanied by occasional gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph during the same period.
Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall activity with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely over the Marathwada region, the IMD said.
The Met department has already issued a red alert for two days in Mumbai, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall, as incessant rain continued to lash parts of the city on Saturday morning.
According to media reports, many rivers and streams have began overflowing due to incessent rains.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has urged people not to step out unnecessarily.
The downpour began around 1 am and continued into the early hours of the day, causing waterlogging in low-lying areas of the western and eastern suburbs, including Vikhroli, Ghatkopar, Bhandup, Chunabhatti, Aarey, Andheri, Kings Circle, Malad, and Goregaon, among others.
Two people were killed and as many others sustained injuries in a landslide amid rains in the Vikhroli Parksite area in the eastern suburbs.