The deep depression over the Arabian Sea that intensified on Tuesday leading to the emergence of Cyclone Nisarga will hit the coast near Al...
The deep depression over the Arabian Sea that intensified on Tuesday leading to the emergence of Cyclone Nisarga will hit the coast near Alibag in Maharashtra on Wednesday, the Indian Meteorological Department said ,according to the Hindustan Times. The cyclone is expected to make landfall with a wind speed of 100 to 110 km per hour gusting to 120 km per hour.
Several cities in Maharashtra will experience heavy rainfall as a result of the landfall. It its 5 am bulletin, the weather department said that the cyclonic storm moved North-Northeastwards with a speed of about 11 km during the past six hours, and lay centred about 280 km West-Northwest of Panji in Goa, 250 km South-Southwest of Mumbai, 200 km South-Southwest of Alibag and 460 km South-Southwest of Surat in Gujarat.
“It is very likely to intensify into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during next 06 hours,” the bulletin said. “It is very likely to move north-northeastwards and cross north Maharashtra and adjoining south Gujarat coast between Harihareshwar and Daman, close to Alibag, during the afternoon of today the 03rd June as a Severe Cyclonic Storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph.”
A 6.30 am bulletin by the Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre for Tropical Cyclones said that the...
