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Cyclone Nisarga: Flights and trains to and from Mumbai have resumed. Section 144 has been imposed in the city. Catch latest weather updates and news related to Cyclone Nisarga landfall

10:12 AM

Cyclone Nisarga: Ships off Mumbai coast; IMD flags signal number 5

As cyclone Nisarg was set to bring in stormy wind and rains, big cargo vessels, offshore supply vessels of ONGC besides other vessels cleared off Mumbai coast as twin ports -- Mumbai port trust ( MbPT) and JNPT -- issued cyclone alerts and orders, following IMD flagging signal number 5 -- port will experience severe weather.

10:04 AM

Cyclone in Mumbai: Nearly 150 patients at its Covid facility in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai shifted to another location

Town planning authority MMRDA said nearly 150 patients at its Covid facility in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai have been shifted to another location as a precaution in the wake of the cyclone.

 

10:02 AM

Cyclone Nisarga: Ratnagiri recorded 55kmph at 8.30am

Wind is picking up along the coast. Ratnagiri recorded 55kmph at 8.30am. Squally wind, speed reaching 55-65kmph gusting to 75kmph prevails along and off Konkan coast. It'll gradually increase becoming 100-110kmph gusting to 120kmph in the afternoon during landfall time: IMD

9:56 AM

9:56 AM

Central Railway has rescheduled, diverted & regulated some trains from Mumbai due to cyclone

9:49 AM

DOs and DONTs for Mumbaikars to take on Cyclone Nisarga

9:27 AM

Cyclone Nisarga: 6ft waves expected

9:25 AM

Heavy rain, gusty winds in Goa, flooding in some low-lying areas

9:25 AM

Cyclone Nisarga: Dos and don'ts for Maharashtra, Gujarat and other details

Here are some dos and don'ts for Mumbaikars and others in Maharashtra in view of Cyclone Nisarga. Read on...

9:18 AM

NDRF teams conduct evacuation of the population at Uttan village in Mira Bhaindar, Thane

9:13 AM

Cyclone Nisarga: Priyanka Chopra requests people to take precautions

"This year feels relentless," actor Priyanka Chopra said urging Mumbai residents to take precautionary measures in view of Cyclone Nisarga.

 

The cyclone storm is approaching the north coast of Maharashtra with a speed of 11 kilometres per hour, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday.

 

Sharing Mumbai's famous Bandra-Worli Sea Link road picture on her Instagram story, the actor wrote: "Cyclone Nisarga is making its way to Mumbai, my beloved home city of more than 20 million people, including my mom and brother."

 

"Mumbai hasn't experienced a serious cyclone landfall since 1891, and at a time when the world is so desperate, this could be especially devastating," the 'Don' actor added.

9:11 AM

Mumbai on tenterhooks as cyclone Nisarga approaches

Cyclonic storm Nisarga, set to make landfall at Alibaug in Raigad district in the afternoon, hovered over the Arabian Sea around 165 km south-southwest of the coastal town and 215 km south-southwest of Mumbai at dawn, a senior IMD official said on Wednesday.

 

India Meteorological Department (IMD) Mumbai's deputy director general of meteorology K S Hosalikar said the cyclone will cross close to south of Alibaug as severe cyclonic storm 100-110 kmph gusting at 120 kmph.

 

Cyclonic Storm NISARGA over Arabian Sea at 0530 hrs of today 03 Jun, abt 165 km ssw of Alibagh, 215 km ssw of Mumbai. To cross close to south of Alibagh (Raigad District, Maharashtra) during the afternoon of today the 03rd June as a SCS, 100-110, gust 120 kmph, afternoon, he tweeted.

 

In another tweet, he said Mumbai city received moderate rainfall of 20 mm to 40 mm, while there was light rainfall in other parts of the megapolis during the past 12 hours.

 

He reiterated heavy rainfall warnings for Mumbai and neighbouring districts like Thane, Raigad and Palghar.

9:01 AM

Cyclone Nisarga: Many special trains for Mumbai rescheduled

As coronavirus-ravaged Mumbai braces for cyclone Nisarga, the Central Railways on Wednesday rescheduled several special trains which were supposed to arrive or depart from the state capital on Wednesday.

 

According to the Central Railways, the timings of trains for Gorakhpur, Darbhanga, Varanasi and for some other places which were earlier scheduled to leave the financial capital in the morning have now been changed.

 

"02542 LTT-Gorakhpur special will leave at 20.00 hours on 3.6.2020 instead of 11.10 hours. 06345 LTT-Thiruvananthapuram special will leave at 18.00 hours on 3.6.2020 instead of 11.40 hours. 01061 LTT-Darbhanga special will leave at 20.30 hours on 3.6.2020 instead of 12.15 hours. 01071 LTT-Varanasi special will leave at 21.00 hours on 3.6.2020 instead of 12.40 hours. 01019 CSMT-Bhubaneshwar special will leave at 20.00 hours instead of 15.05 hours," the press note issued by the Public Relations Department, Central Railway, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, Mumbai read.

8:37 AM

5 NDRF teams each from Bathinda and Vijaywada airlifted successfully

8:34 AM

Cyclone Nisarga intensifies into severe cyclonic storm

Cyclone Nisarga has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm this morning. At 6.30 am, it lay 140 km south-southwest of Alibagh (Maharashtra), 190 km south-southwest of Mumbai and 415 km south-southwest of Surat (Gujarat). The current intensity of the cyclone near its centre is 90-100 kmph gusting to 110 kmph, the IMD said. In the past six hours, the cyclone has moved northeastwards towards the Maharashtra coast at a speed of 12 kmph.