Adding to the Covid0-19 worries, another danger is hitting India’s western coast today!
Rare and the new ‘Cyclone Nisarga’ is expected to make landfall on June 03, 2020, in Mumbai, warned the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
According to IMD, the metropolis will see a modest rainfall in most parts and heavy to very heavy rain in isolated areas in the coming 24 hours.
Mumbai and its metropolitan areas reported rainfall yesterday evening, which became heavier by late night.
A massive storm is expected in Alibaug of Maharashtra’s Raigad district.
According to the weather bureau, Cyclone Nisarga remains centered over the east-central Arabian Sea, around 280 km west-northwest of Panjim in Goa, 250 km south-southwest of Mumbai, 200 km south-southwest of Alibagh in Maharashtra and 460 km south-southwest of Gujarat’s Surat.
The department expects this to be a ‘Severe Cyclonic Storm’ during the next 06 hours.
With a sustained wind speed of 100-110 kmph, the storm is most likely to move north-northeastwards and go beyond north Maharashtra to the adjoining south Gujarat coast between Harihareshwar and Daman, during the afternoon.
IMD expects modest-heavy rainfall in following places of Maharashtra, Gujarat and MP states during the Cyclone Nisarga:
South Konkan, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts, Goa and south Gujarat region of Valsad, Navsari, Dang and Surat districts and Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Konkan-Mumbai, Palghar, Thane, Raigad districts and north middle Maharashtra.
As part of the safety measures, the government has called for:
- Evacuation of thousands of people in low-lying parts of Maharashtra and Gujarat
- Suspension of fishing activity
- People in prone areas to remain indoor
- No movement of motorboats and small ships
The Maharashtra Government has demanded precautionary measures in Pune, Ahmadnagar, Nashik, Aurangabad, and adjoining Beed districts.
Around 21,000 villagers were being evacuated in the Palghar district alone.
For Safety of Covid-19 Patients
Ahead of its first cyclone in the last 70 years, Mumbai is getting prepared to safeguard Covid-19 patients from the Cyclone Nisarga.
Coronavirus patients are also part of around 100,000 people being moved to safe temporary shelters.
Around 150 Covid-19 patients have been evacuated from a recently-built field hospital to a new temporary facility.
“In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, all standard operating procedures are being followed at the temporary shelters which have been sanitized, and instructions have been issued on following safe distancing,” says Valsad-based official Arpit Sagar.
