NEW DELHI: 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.
As cyclonic storm ‘Nisarga’ approaches fast, Maharashtra and Gujarat, already battling a raging pandemic, which has put their health infrastructure under severe strain, opened new fronts to tackle the fallout of the storm.
Here are the latest updates on the cyclone ‘Nisarga’:
Maharashtra, Gujarat brace for cyclone ‘Nisarga’
Cyclone `Nisarga’ is very likely to intensify into a “severe cyclonic storm” over the next 12 hours and cross Maharashtra and South Gujarat coast on Wednesday afternoon, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
“Cyclonic Storm NISARGA over Arabian Sea. Very likely to intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm next 12 hrs,” tweeted deputy director general of meteorology K S Hosalikar, IMD, Mumbai.
“To cross N Mah & adjoining S Guj coast betn Harihareshwar & Daman, close to Alibag (Raigad) a/n 03rd Jun as a SCS with a max sustained wind 100-110 gusting to 120 kmph,” he added.
Stay alert, CM Thackeray tells people as storm nears
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday asked people to stay alert in view of the impending cyclonic storm `Nisarga’.
In a televised address, Thackeray asked people to stay alert as the storm is expected to hit the state’s coastal belt on Wednesday afternoon, and shared a list of `do’s and dont’s’ in the situation.
“The cyclone could be more severe than the ones the state has faced till now….Tomorrow and the day after are crucial in coastal areas,