Cyclone Nisarga is the second to hit India in less than two weeks after Amphan hit Bengal last month
New Delhi:
Cyclone Nisarga is approaching the north coast of Maharashtra at a speed of 11 kilometers per hour, according to the Indian meteorological department (IMD) on Wednesday. Nisarga is likely to intensify into a ‘severe cyclonic storm’ with heavy precipitation and wind speeds of 110 km / h over the next 12 hours. More than 10,000 people, including some patients with coronavirus, have been moved to safer places. Mumbai, the city most affected by the coronavirus epidemic with more than 41,000 cases to date, its suburbs and neighboring districts are on alert. Prohibition orders have been placed in Mumbai, prohibiting the movement of people along the coast. Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with the chief ministers of Maharashtra and Gujarat and the administrator of Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and provided all possible support. No one is allowed to go out into public places like beaches, parks and boardwalks along the Mumbai coast, as Cyclone Nisarga is expected to make landfall around noon Wednesday, police said in a late night order. The ban is from Wednesday morning to noon the next day, police said in the order, anyone caught in violation of the ban will face criminal charges.
Here are live updates on Cyclone Nisarga:
Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday called on residents of Mumbai to “stay inside”. “The cyclone could be more severe than those that the state has faced so far … Tomorrow (Wednesday) and the next day are crucial in coastal areas … The activities that had resumed (as part of the ‘relaxation of the lock) will be kept closed there for the next two days, people should stay alert, “said Thackeray.
Cyclone “Nisarga” approaching the north coast of Maharashtra with a speed of 13 km / h in the past 06 hours. It is 155 km south-southwest of Alibag and 200 km south-southwest of Mumbai.
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Cyclone Nisarga, the first such storm to threaten Mumbai in over a century, is heading for the coasts of Maharashtra and Gujarat and is expected to land near Alibaug, about 100 km from Mumbai, Wednesday afternoon .
