Nisarga to cross Maha coast on Wed afternoon

June 02, 2020 22:39

Fishermen anchor their boats ahead of cyclone Nisarga in Uttan, Thane district. Photograph: Santosh Hirlekar / ANI Photo.

The cyclonic storm Nisarga centred over the east-central Arabian Sea has moved north-north-eastwards with a speed of 13 kmph during the past six hours.

"The cyclonic storm lay centred at 5.30 pm today over east-central Arabian Sea near latitude 16.3N and longitude 71.3E, about 280 km west-northwest of Panjim (Goa), 350 km south-southwest of Mumbai (Maharashtra), 300 km south-southwest of Alibaug (Maharashtra) and 560 km south-southwest of Surat (Gujarat)," the India meteorological department said.

"It is very likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours, move north-north-eastwards and cross north Maharashtra and adjoining south Gujarat coast between Harihareshwar and Daman, close to Alibaug in Raigad district of Maharashtra during the afternoon of June 3 as a severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting to 120 kmph," the IMD added.

-- ANI

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