At least six people died and 11,000 people were evacuated over the past 24 hours as heavy rains lashed various parts of Maharashtra all through Sunday and into Monday morning.

Officials said that the areas most affected by the heavy rains are Mumbai, Konkan, northern and western swathes of Maharashtra, Marathwada, and Vidarbha.

Although the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has downgraded red alerts for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad, Nasik, and ghat regions of Pune and Nasik to orange alerts, these areas are set to see more rainfall tomorrow, before it reduces over the Durga Puja period (October 1-2).

These regions—in addition to Buldana, Ratnagiri, and the ghat regions of Satara—have received a yellow alert for tomorrow.

Schools and colleges in various parts of Mumbai, Palghar, N

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