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Maharashtra Weather: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued alerts for heavy rain in multiple Maharashtra districts on Thursday, June 19. An orange alert has been issued for Mumbai, Raigad and Ratnagiri. Meanwhile, Palghar and Thane are likely to see moderate to heavy rain.

According to the weather body, Mumbai will witness a rainy week ahead with cloudy skies dominating almost everyday. Moderate rain is likely on June 20 followed by intermittent showers on June 21 and 22. June 23 and 24 will also witness rainfall activity with temperatures hovering between 25 degrees Celsius and 32 degrees Celsius.

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Mumbai's Powai Lake was overflowing on Wednesday after heavy rainfall in two days.

In a post on X, the BMC said "Powai Lake, one of the main artificial lakes under the jurisdiction of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), began overflowing around 6 am today. With a storage capacity of 545 crore litres (5.45 billion litres), the lake's water is non-potable and is primarily used for industrial purposes and non-potable uses in the Aarey Milk Colony. The lake has reached its capacity and started overflowing due to heavy rainfall in its catchment area over the past two days. As of now, the water level stands at 195.10 feet."

As per IMD, isolated heavy rains are likely in parts of Maharashtra, Saurashtra, and Kutch, Konkan and Goa from June 18 to 21. Gujarat is expected to see light to moderate rain from June 16 to 17.

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"Light/moderate rainfall at most/many places accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning and gusty winds speed reaching 30-40 kmph likely over Gujarat State during 16th -17th June. Isolated heavy rainfall likely over Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Saurashtra & Kutch during 18th-21st; Gujarat Region on 18th & 19th June with very heavy rainfall at isolated places over Konkan & Goa during. 16th-18th, Madhya Maharashtra, Saurashtra & Kutch during 16th-17th; Gujarat Region on 16th June with extremely heavy rainfall (>20 cm/24 hours) likely at isolated places over Konkan & Goa on 16th June", IMD said.