Cyclone Nisarga

IMD has warned that Mumbai will be heavily affected by Cyclone Nisarga.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

Cyclone Nisarga would be the first cyclonic storm to impact India’s financial capital during June since 1891. Mumbai is severely affected by coronavirus pandemic with nearly 40,000 cases.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.

Ten teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed in parts of Maharashtra for rescue operations in view of the cyclonic storm, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said.