Cyclone Nisarga Live Updates: Mumbai On High Alert, Landfall Process To Begin Afternoon At Alibaug

Cyclone Nisarga, hovering over the Arabian Sea 190 km from Mumbai, is likely to make landfall at the coastal town Alibaug near the megapolis between 1 pm and 4 pm. Follow live updates here.

A municipal employee makes a warning announcement by the shore of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. A storm in the Arabian Sea off India's west coast intensified into a severe cyclone on Wednesday, gathering speed as it barreled toward India's financial capital of Mumbai. Nisarga was forecast to drop heavy rains and winds gusting up to 120 kilometers (75 miles) per hour when it makes landfall Wednesday afternoon as a category 4 cyclone near the coastal city of Alibagh, about 98 kilometers (60 miles) south of Mumbai, India's Meteorological Department said.

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A man takes a photograph of a woman by the shores of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. A storm in the Arabian Sea off India's west coast intensified into a severe cyclone on Wednesday, gathering speed as it barreled toward India's financial capital of Nisarga was forecast to drop heavy rains and winds gusting up to 120 kilometers (75 miles) per hour when it makes landfall Wednesday afternoon as a category 4 cyclone near the coastal city of Alibagh, about 98 kilometers (60 miles) south of Mumbai, India's Meteorological Department said.

AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

A man sit on a bench as it rains by the shores of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. A storm in the Arabian Sea off India's west coast intensified into a severe cyclone on Wednesday, gathering speed as it barreled toward India's financial capital of Mumbai. Nisarga was forecast to drop heavy rains and winds gusting up to 120 kilometers (75 miles) per hour when it makes landfall Wednesday afternoon as a category 4 cyclone near the coastal city of Alibagh, about 98 kilometers (60 miles) south of Mumbai, India's Meteorological Department said.

AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

A woman watches waves splash on shores of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. A storm in the Arabian Sea off India's west coast intensified into a severe cyclone on Wednesday, gathering speed as it barreled toward India's financial capital of Mumbai. Nisarga was forecast to drop heavy rains and winds gusting up to 120 kilometers (75 miles) per hour when it makes landfall Wednesday afternoon as a category 4 cyclone near the coastal city of Alibagh, about 98 kilometers (60 miles) south of Mumbai, India's Meteorological Department said.

AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

A fisherman folds his casting net at a beach along the shore off the Arabian Sea before Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall, in Daman. A deep depression over Arabian Sea, which intensified into Cyclone Nisarga on Tuesday noon is expected to make landfall as a severe cyclonic storm in Raigad district today.

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People look on at the sea as they spend their time at a beach off the Arabian Sea before Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall, in Daman. A deep depression over Arabian Sea, which intensified into Cyclone Nisarga on Tuesday noon is expected to make landfall as a severe cyclonic storm in Raigad district today.

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A dog sits by the door of a house whose residents have been evacuated, by the shores of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. A storm in the Arabian Sea off India's west coast intensified into a severe cyclone on Wednesday, gathering speed as it barreled toward India's financial capital of Mumbai. Nisarga was forecast to drop heavy rains and winds gusting up to 120 kilometers (75 miles) per hour when it makes landfall Wednesday afternoon as a category 4 cyclone near the coastal city of Alibagh, about 98 kilometers (60 miles) south of Mumbai, India's Meteorological Department said.

Photo/Rafiq Maqbool

Cyclone Nisarga, hovering over the Arabian Sea 190 km from Mumbai, is likely to make landfall at the coastal town Alibaug near the megapolis between 1 pm and 4 pm on Wednesday. Already battling a raging pandemic, Mumbai hasn't experienced a serious cyclone landfall since 1891.

In Gujarat, nearly 50,000 people living in coastal areas of South Gujarat and some 4,000 residents of the neighbouring Union Territory of Daman have so far been shifted to safer places.

Cyclone Nisarga, headed towards the coastline of Maharashtra and Gujarat, comes a week after Cyclone Amphan wreaked havoc in West Bengal.

Below are the live updates:

12:17PM: In Gujarat, the cyclone would have maximum impact on the coastal districts of Valsad and Navsari, followed Bharuch and Surat, Additional Chief Secretary, Revenue, Pankaj Kumar said.

12:16PM: 15 NDRF and four State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams have been deployed in parts of the coastal districts of Maharashtra.

Around 40000 people have been evacuated to safer places till now from various locations (sea belt areas) of Maharashtra: Anup Shrivastava, Commandant NDRF (National Disaster Response Force). #CycloneNisarga https://t.co/DlTxYwGMyd
— ANI (@ANI) June 3, 2020

11:57AM: The Central Railway (CR) rescheduled special trains and many airlines also cancelled their Mumbai operations. The CR has rescheduled, diverted and regulated some trains on Wednesday, an official said. These include five special trains departing from Mumbai. Three special trains will be either diverted or regulated enroute.

11:55AM: The IMD said the storm may also gust to 120 kmph and is approaching the coastal belt at a speed of 11 kmph.

11:50AM: Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar will be under the influence of the storm. In Mumbai too, the winds may flow at 100 kmph to 110 kmph.

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