Map Shows Dangerous Nisarga Cyclone Brewing In Arabian Sea, IMD Issues Red Alert
IMD's Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra has said that the severe cyclonic storm will have a wind speed of 90-105 kmph when it crosses the coast on June 3. The IMD Director General also said that the cyclonic storm will affect the coastal districts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, more than Gujarat and neighbouring states.
Six months into 2020 and the world has witnessed some of the worst possible events and things only seem to be going south. Amid the pandemic, the US has been torn apart by riots and protests after George Floyd's death; there has been another Ebola outbreak in Congo; migrants are going through unspeakable misery in India; and freak weather phenomena has been wreaking havoc in different parts of the world.
Just days after Super Cyclone Amphan wreaked havoc in West Bengal and Odisha, the Indian coast is bracing for another cyclonic storm, this time in the Arabian Ocean.
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And a map by earth.nullschool shows just how dangerous the depression looks over the Arabian coast. IMD's Cyclone E-Atlas, which has been tracking cyclones and weather depressions over the north Indian Ocean, said no weather system has turned into a cyclone and made landfall near Mumbai along the Maharashtra coast during the month of June, since 1891.
It's very likely to move nearly northwards during next 6
¡ª ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2020
hrs&recurve north-northeastwards thereafter&cross north Maharashtra&adjoining south
Gujarat coast between Harihareshwar (Raigad, Maharashtra) and Daman during the afternoon of 3rd June: IMD https://t.co/PcM2oh9Yn6
Stronger than usual winds and showers are expected to lash the coast of Maharashtra on the evening of June 2, and in the first half of June 3, Hindustan Times, citing Akshay Deoaras, an independent meteorologist and PhD researcher at the University of Reading, UK, reported.
Depression over Eastcentral Arabian Sea lay near latitude 14.4¡ãN and longitude 71.2¡ãE about 300 km west-southwest of Panjim, 550 km south-southwest of Mumbai and 770 km south-southwest of Surat, as per IMD update at 2.30 AM today: Govt of India pic.twitter.com/a58SnwmvKb
¡ª ANI (@ANI) June 2, 2020
The Indian Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for Mumbai and six other districts of Maharashtra as Cyclone Nisarga is predicted to make landfall on June 3. According to the IMD, the deep depression which has turned into tropical cyclonic storm Nisarga in the Arabian Sea, is moving northwards at a speed of four kilometres per hour.
Mumbai !!!
¡ª The Doberman Gang of India ! (@DobieIndica) June 1, 2020
First time in hundred years history is being made !
Yes, the cyclone #Nisarga hitting right into #Mumbai, once in a hundred years event ! It will make landfall a bit north of Mumbai in the early morning (wee hours) of 4th of June.
Wind speed = 100 km/h (80-120 km/h).
It may further intensify into a "severe cyclonic storm" in the next 24 hours, the India Meteorological Department or IMD said this morning. Mumbai and neighbouring districts have been placed on high alert.
If the forecast tracks of developing Cyclonic Storm #Nisarga are correct it would be the first cyclonic storm to impact #Mumbai (#Bombay) in June going back to 1891. The last cyclone to impact Mumbai was Cyclonic Storm #Phyan back on 11 Nov, 2009. pic.twitter.com/4PzyTGSyht
¡ª Jason Nicholls (@jnmet) June 1, 2020
"The depression over eastcentral Arabian Sea moved northwards with a speed of 11 kmph during past 06 hours intensified into a deep depression and lay centered at 0530 hours IST of today, the 02nd June, 2020 over Eastcentral Arabian Sea near latitude 15.0 N and longitude 71.2 E about 280 km west-southwest of Panjim (Goa), 490 km south-southwest of Mumbai (Maharashtra) and 710 km south-southwest of Surat (Gujarat)," the IMD said this morning.
"It is very likely to intensify into a Cyclonic Storm during next 12 hours and further into a Severe Cyclonic Storm during subsequent 12 hours. It is very likely to move nearly northwards during next 06 hours and recurve north-northeastwards thereafter and cross north Maharashtra and adjoining south Gujarat coast between Harihareshwar (Raigad, Maharashtra) and Daman during the afternoon of 03rd June," the statement further read.
Cyclone #Nisarga being formed in Arabian Sea. Advancing towards costal Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat. May get intensified after morning of Tuesday, June 2 till evening of Thursday, June 4
¡ª Maha. Maritime Board (@mahamaritime1) June 1, 2020
Mumbai may be affected with light to heavy rain showers..
Be prepared @MahaDGIPR pic.twitter.com/rOBmEkKy3B
IMD's Director General, Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, has said that the severe cyclonic storm will have a wind speed of 90-105 kmph when it crosses the coast on June 3. The IMD Director General also said that the cyclonic storm will affect the coastal districts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, more than Gujarat and neighbouring states.
