IMD issues orange alert for three Maharashtra districts, moderate rain and thunderstorm likely

October 27, 2025

 New Delhi: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for three Maharashtra districts and predicted moderate spells of rain and thunderstorm accompanied with lightning as well as likely gusty winds reaching 30-40 km per hour from Monday till Tuesday, the Weather department said in a press statement.

The three Maharashtra districts which have been issued an orange alert are Dhule, Nandurbar, Nashik, the statement said on Sunday.

From Sunday at 8:30 p.m. till Monday till 8:30 a.m., for the Dhule district, the IMD has predicted thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, moderate rainfall and gusty winds flowing at a speed of 40-50 km per hour at isolated places, while on Tuesday, Dhule will very likely experience light to moderate rain/thundershowers.

From Monday at 8:30 a.m. till Tuesday till 8:30 p.m., for the Nandurbar district, the IMD has predicted thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, moderate rainfall and gusty winds flowing at a speed of 40-50kmph at isolated places.

From Monday at 8:30 a.m., for the Nashik district, the IMD has predicted thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, heavy rainfall and gusty winds flowing at a speed of 30-40 kmph at isolated places. While on Tuesday till 8:30 a.m., the IMD has predicted thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, moderate rainfall and gusty winds flowing at a speed of 40-50kmph at isolated places.

The IMD also announced on Sunday that a deep depression over the Bay of Bengal is likely to strengthen into a cyclonic storm, bringing heavy rainfall to several districts of West Bengal between October 28 and 31. A depression brewing over the Bay of Bengal is likely to intensify and strengthen into a severe cyclonic storm by October 28, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The weather system, which was centred near latitude 11.0°N and longitude 87.7°E as of 11:30 p.m. on Saturday (October 25), moved west-northwestwards at a speed of 8 kmph over the past six hours.

At present, it lies about 550 km west of Port Blair, 850 km east-southeast of Chennai, 890 km south-southeast of Visakhapatnam, and around 890 km southeast of Kakinada.