The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a yellow alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and some other parts of Maharashtra, predicting rains in state.

For Thane and Palghar districts, the weather department predicted, "Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, heavy rainfall and gusty winds (30-40 kmph) at
isolated places on Wednesday." 

The IMD said that heavy rainfall was very likely at isolated places in Mumbai.