Updated On: 23 May, 2025 10:35 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
IMD said that the low-pressure area has been observed moving northwards and can intensify into a depression within the next 36 hours. Following this information from the India Meteorological Department, orange and yellow alerts have been issued

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Amid the intense pre-monsoon showers in Maharashtra and Goa, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has been regularly issuing warnings and alerts.
As per the latest reports from the weather authorities, there is an update on the well-marked low-pressure area over the Arabian Sea at 05:30 am IST on May 23, 2025. The well-marked low-pressure area is located over the East-central Arabian Sea off the South Goa-Konkan coasts. Furthermore, the low-pressure area is expected to move northwards and intensify into a depression around the evening of May 23. This activity of low-pressure area developments and its movement towards the north can potentially lead to heavy to very heavy rainfall along the west coast, including Konkan, Goa, and Karnataka.