Cyclone Nisarga, Weather Forecast Today LIVE Updates: Storm crosses Alibag, to weaken in six hours
Cyclone Nisarga Tracker, Weather forecast Today Live Updates: Cyclone Nisarga made landfall near Maharashtra’s Raigad district at around 12.30 pm Wednesday. The storm crossed Alibag an hour later, at around 1.30 pm, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The severe cyclonic storm is travelling at a speed of 20 kmph with wind speeds ranging between 90-100 kmph, gusting to 110 kmph.
“The rear part of the wall cloud region is still over the sea and the landfall process will be completed by next one hour,” the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its 2.10 pm bulletin.
The storm is now 80 km south-southeast of Mumbai. The city, Thane and Raigad can expect winds ranging between 90-100 kmph, gusting to 110 kmph during the next three hours, after which it will gradually decrease.
In the next six hours, Cyclone Nisarga is expected to move north-eastwards and weaken into a cyclonic storm. The Maharashtra government released a list of do’s and don’t for residents during the cyclone. (Watch videos as Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall along the Maharashtra coast)
The Indian Navy and teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are on standby to conduct rescue and relief operations. Thousands of residents have been evacuated from along the coasts of Maharashtra and Gujarat, two of the worst-hit states by the coronavirus pandemic.
Indian express
