India Meteorological Department on Tuesday said that tropical
cyclone Nisarga has headed for the Maharashtra coast, and is going to make
landfall on June 3 close to Mumbai.
IMAGE: Fishermen sail their boat through sea
water at Bandra Reclamation in Mumbai during ongoing COVID-19 lockdow. Photograph:
Kunal Patil/PTI Photo
"Depression over east-central Arabian Sea lay near latitude 14.4N
and longitude 71.2E about 300 km west-southwest of Panjim, 550 km
south-southwest of Mumbai and 770 km south-southwest of Surat," the IMD
added.
The organisation has advised, "fishermen not to venture into the
southeast Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep area and along and off Kerala coast during
next 48 hours; east-central Arabian Sea and along with off Karnataka-Goa coasts
till June 3 east-central the Arabian Sea along and off Maharashtra coast and
the northeast Arabian Sea along and off Gujarat coast during June 3-4."
The IMD also predicted that the national capital and some areas of Uttar
Pradesh are likely to receive rainfall in the next two hours.
It also stated that the thunderstorm would accompany downpour in these
regions.
"Thunderstorm with rain and gusty winds of 20-40 kmph speed would
occur over and adjoining areas of Karnal, Sonipat, Panipat in Haryana and
Shamli, Baghpat, Ghaziabad, Modinagar, Meerut in UP and many places of Delhi
during the next two hours," the IMD stated.
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