Mumbai, the worst affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, is under threat of cyclone Nisarga. Hurricane Nisarga reaching the coastal areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat is going to turn into a cyclonic storm in the next 12 hours. This storm may hit Mumbai's close coastal areas on Wednesday. This will be the second time in Mumbai after 1882, when a cyclonic storm will reach here. Mumbai is already grappling with 41,000 coronavirus cases.
The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a warning about the area of pressure in the Arabian Sea, saying that this storm can turn into a storm cyclone in the next 12 hours and a severe cyclonic storm in the next 12 hours. Mumbai and its surrounding coastal areas have been put on high alert.
The Meteorological Department has said that the storm is expected to increase in the north direction in the next six hours and after that it may move in the north-northeast direction, after which it will be in the northern part of Harihareshwar in southern Gujarat by the afternoon of June 3. Raigarh, Maharashtra) and Daman.
In the last six hours, the pressure in the east-central Arabian Sea has increased northward at a speed of 11 kilometers per hour. The pressure has intensified till 5.30 am on Tuesday, after which its center is 280 km west-southwest of Panjim (Goa), 490 km south-southwest from Mumbai (Maharashtra) and 710 km from Surat (Gujarat). Is in the south-southwest of the Arabian Sea at the center.
The Meteorological Department says that more than two meters high waves can rise in this sea storm and these waves will hit the low coast areas of Mumbai, Thane and Raigad district during landfall. Fishermen have been alerted and asked to return from the sea. A warning has been issued that the storm may damage the huts and vulnerable houses, while the power and communication line may be down.
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