India Meteorological Department has issued a 'red alert' for the Konkan region, including Mumbai, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, and Palghar districts, warning of extremely heavy rainfall

Amid the alerts and the waterlogged streets, a vlogger, Sagar Thakur, set out on a journey to the poshest areas of the city where Bollywood stars live to show how the rain affected them.

A red alert is the highest level of weather warning, signifying the possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall exceeding 204.5 mm in 24 hours.

Several areas in Mumbai will continue to witness heavy rainfall until Thursday, with conditions expected to normalise in the following days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.

On Tuesday, heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its suburbs, flooding streets that turned into rivers in several places. Local train services were also affected on the main and harbour lines after tracks were submerged due to excessive rain.

The IMD issued a red alert for several districts in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Hyderabad & Gujarat. (Image: PTI) High tide in Mumbai today: As torrential rains have lashed Mumbai since yesterday, the city has come to a standstill.