Light showers were witnessed in parts of the city on Sunday evening. Pics/Sameer Abedi and Atul Kamble
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had on Sunday issued a warning saying that several parts of Maharashtra including Thane, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Raigad and Kolhapur may experience a thunderstorm along with light rains
The IMD Mumbai, in its weather forecast earlier in the day, said that thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and light to moderate spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Ratnagiri, Raigad, Thane, Palghar and Kolhapur
The IMD had earlier in the day said that the extremely severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy moved north-northeastwards with a speed of eight kilometres per hour
The IMD on Sunday said that the very severe cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy' intensified into an "extremely severe cyclonic storm" and is likely to cross Saurashtra-Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts around the afternoon of June 15 as a "very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS)
Meanwhile, witnessing the first showers in Mumbai, several people took to Twitter and posted pictures and videos of the rains on Sunday
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