Cyclone Nisarga: All Updates

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Nisarga crosses Maharashtra coast with wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph: IMD

IMD gives latest update on Cyclone

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IMD reveals latest position of the cyclone

Cyclone crossed coast, wind speed remains 100-110 kmph: IMD

Landfall process to complete in next 1 hour: IMD

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Landfall process begins near Alibag in Maharashtra

Landfall process of severe cyclonic storm Nisarga has started near Alibag in Raigad district in Maharashtra and is likely to be completed in next three hours, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday.

According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the IMD, this cyclonic storm is close to 40 Km South of Alibag, 95 Km south of Mumbai and 325 Km south of Surat in Gujarat.

In the wake of it, the sea condition would be very rough to high over northeast Arabian Sea along and off south Gujarat coast till this evening and storm surge of about 1-2 meters height above astronomical tide which is very likely to inundate low lying areas of Mumbai, Thane and Raigad districts during the time of landfall.

Weather Forecast

Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places over south Konkan.

(Ratnagiri & Sindhudurg districts) and Goa and south Gujarat region (Valsad, Navsari, Dang, Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Surat districts) is also forecast during next 24 hours.

Light to moderate rainfall will lash most places with heavy falls at isolated places over west Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha.

Maharashtra: 21,000 people in Palghar evacuated ahead of Cyclone Nisarga's landfall

With the Cyclone Nisarga likely to hit the western coasts of Maharashtra anytime soon, the authorities have evacuated 21,000 villagers from nearly two dozen villages in four talukas of the district to safety.

In an official release issued on Tuesday, collector Dr Kailas Shinde said that as many as 21,080 villagers from total 22 villages in four talukas of Vasai, Palghar, Dahanu and Talasari have been evacuated and shifted to safer places from their kutcha houses.

Since the alert about the cyclone was sounded, the district administration was making every effort to meet the cyclone effectively and keep the damages and losses to the minimum, he said.