The neighbouring coastal districts of Raigad and Palghar bore the brunt of the storm experiencing strong winds, heavy rainfall and raging sea surge
Cyclone Nisarga hit the state coast near Alibaug in Raigad district with a wind speed upto 120 kmph on Wednesday afternoon
Cyclone Nisarga is likely to intensify into a 'severe cyclonic storm' with heavy rainfall and wind speeds of 110 km per hour over the next 12 hour
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that since Tuesday it evacuated nearly 20,000 citizens to the temporary shelters and other 30,000 shifted on their own to safer locations
Revenue Minister Balasaheb Thorat said authorities in Pune, Nashik and Ahmednagar are on alert considering the trajectory of the cyclone
A GVK-led consortium in partnership with AAI runs the Mumbai airport under a joint venture MIAL
The cyclone made landfall near Alibaug in coastal Raigad district of Maharashtra around 12:30 pm
The cyclone landfall usually brings with it high-speed winds, severe storm surge and torrential downpour, which can have a severe impact on the region
The last time a cyclone hit Mumbai, according to newspaper articles, was nearly a century and a half ago, on June 6, 1882
As many as 13 teams of the National Disaster Response Force and six teams of the State Disaster Response Force have been deployed
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Cyclone Nisarga will impact Mumbai, Thane and other coastal districts of Maharashtra like Raigad and Palghar, along with Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bhavnagar and Bharuch districts of Gujarat
Earlier yesterday, NDRF Director General SN Pradhan had said that 10 teams have been deployed in Maharashtra and 11 in Gujarat
Similarly, special trains from Patna, Varanasi, and Thiruvananthapuram, which were scheduled to reach during the daytime were regulated and will now arrive in Mumbai behind schedule
The storm will cross North Maharashtra and adjoining South Gujarat coast between Harihareshwar and Daman, on June 3 afternoon
Domestic airlines are operating 50 flights to and from Mumbai ( 25 arrivals and departures each) as a part of curtailed schedule upon resumption of domestic flights from May 25
As many as 21,080 villagers from Vasai, Palghar, Dahanu and Talasari talukas, which are likely to be affected by the cyclonic storm, have been shifted to safer places
The IMD warned of heavy rainfall ranging from 6.4 cm to 11.5 cm to very heavy rainfall of 11.5 cm to 20.4 cm in the areas
The IMD in its latest bulletin predicted that the severe cyclonic storm will make landfall with a sustained wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting up to 120 kmph
Scientists have observed an increasing trend of post-monsoon tropical cyclones over the Arabian Sea