The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued a weather alert for Mumbai, Thane and parts of Maharashtra, predicting thunderstorm, lightning, winds and light spells of rains.

In a nowcast warning issued by the IMD Mumbai at 4 pm on May 8 said, "Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and Light spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Ratnagiri, Pune, Jalgaon, Dhule, Mumbai city and Mumbai suburb during next 3-4 hours."