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Cyclone Nisarga Highlights: Cyclone to make landfall off Mumbai coast tomorrow, heavy rainfall expected

Cyclone 'Nisarga' will make landfall along the Maharashtra coast on Wednesday with high wind speed ranging up to 100-110 kmph and heavy rainfall in Mumbai as well as other coastal areas of the state.

June 02, 2020 / 11:10 pm IST

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said the low-pressure area formed over the Arabian Sea has intensified into a depression and it will further intensify into a cyclonic storm in the next 36 hours.

It said the cyclonic storm will cross north Maharashtra and south Gujarat coasts late in the evening on June 3, bringing in its wake heavy rains in parts of the two states and Goa.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah took stock of the preparedness for the impending cyclone at a review meeting in Delhi.

The Gujarat government has ordered the evacuation of people living in low-lying coastal areas and deployed teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in over half a dozen districts.

  • Cyclone Nisarga Highlights: Cyclone to make landfall off Mumbai coast tomorrow, heavy rainfall expected
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  • June 02, 2020 / 11:03 PM IST
  • June 02, 2020 / 11:00 PM IST

    Cyclone Nisarga LIVE updates |

    Cyclone 'Nisarga' will make landfall along the Maharashtra coast on Wednesday with high wind speed ranging up to 100-110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph besides heavy rainfall and storm in Mumbai and other coastal areas of the state, the Home Ministry said.

    The storm is likely to impact Mumbai, Thane and other coastal districts of Maharashtra like Raigad and Palghar along with Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bhavnagar and Bharuch districts of Gujarat and Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. (PTI)

  • June 02, 2020 / 10:55 PM IST

    Cyclone Nisarga LIVE updates |

    Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport will be operating only 12 arrival flights on June 3. The flights will be operated by 4 airlines which include Air Asia India, Air India, GoAir and SpiceJet to 10 sectors: GVK Mumbai International Airport (ANI)

  • June 02, 2020 / 10:47 PM IST
  • June 02, 2020 / 10:34 PM IST

    Cyclone Nisarga LIVE updates | Maha CM asks people to be alert

    With cyclone Nisarga' expected tohit coastal Maharashtra, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray onTuesday said it was likely to be more severe than cyclonic
    storms in the past, and asked people to stay alert.

    "The cyclone could be more severe than the other storms....Tomorrow and the day after are crucial in coastal areas," he said."Activities which had resumed (as part of easing oflockdown to contain coronavirus) will be kept shut there forthe next two days in view of the cyclone....it is in ourinterest that people remain alert and inside their homes," the Chief Minister said. (PTI)

  • June 02, 2020 / 09:49 PM IST

    Cyclone Nisarga LIVE updates |

    IndiGo has cancelled 17 flights to and from Mumbai. The airlines will operate only three flights from Mumbai on June 3. (ANI)

  • June 02, 2020 / 09:41 PM IST
  • June 02, 2020 / 09:16 PM IST

    Cyclone Nisarga LIVE updates |

    Western Naval Command has mobilised adequate resources for flood relief, rescue & diving assistance in the event of excessive rainfall and flooding of both, urban and rural areas in coordination with the respective State Governments on the Western seaboard: Indian Navy

  • June 02, 2020 / 08:57 PM IST

    Cyclone Nisarga LIVE updates | Raigad authorities on alert ahead of Cyclone Nisarga

    With Cyclone Nisarga fastapproaching the coastal areas of Maharashtra, the authorities in Raigad district are preparing to tackle the storm, which is estimated to make landfall on June 3, an official said onTuesday.

    "We have evacuated more than 3,500 people fromkoliwadas (fishermen colonies) and temporary houses to saferstructures like schools, community halls and governmentbuildings," superintendent of police Raigad, Anil Paraskarsaid. (PTI)

  • June 02, 2020 / 08:32 PM IST

    Cyclone Nisarga LIVE updates |

    I appeal to the citizens to stay indoors for the next two days: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray.

  • June 02, 2020 / 08:22 PM IST

    Cyclone Nisarga LIVE updates | 19 teams of NDRF and SDRF deployed in Gujarat, mass evacuation begins

    With the IMD predicting that cyclone 'Nisarga' will turn into a "severe cyclonic storm" byWednesday afternoon and bringing gusty winds with heavy rains
    in south Gujarat, the government has started evacuating over78,000 people from four districts located near the coastlineand deployed 19 teams of NDRF and SDRF, officials have said.

    While 13 teams of the National Disaster Response Force(NDRF) and six teams of the State Disaster Response Force(SDRF) have been deployed at different locations, five moreteams of the NDRF will arrive soon."A total of 78,971 persons living near the seashore inValsad, Surat, Navsari and Bharuch districts will be shiftedto safer locations. 1,727 villagers have already beenshifted," Gujarat Relief Commissioner Harshad Patel told reporters in Gandhinagar on Tuesday. (PTI)

  • June 02, 2020 / 07:58 PM IST
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