Cyclone Nisarga Landfall

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday demanded a financial package for areas in Maharashtra that were battered by cyclone ''Nisarga'' which made landfall on June 3.

Cyclone - a familiar term in the eastern part of the country but for a reporter in Mumbai, an unknown. We, Mumbai reporters, are used to covering heavy rain, unrelenting rain, rain that floods entire cities.

Cyclone Nisarga may have spared Mumbai, which is already reeling under the COVID-19 pandemic, after it made landfall near adjoining Alibaug on Wednesday but it did leave its presence known in some parts of the city.

Coronavirus-hit Maharashtra reported at least four deaths linked to Cyclone Nisarga that made landfall in Raigad district's Alibaugh on Wednesday and weakened into a tropical depression overnight.

Cyclone Nisarga which spared Mumbai after it made landfall near adjoining Alibaug is now a depression over west Vidarbha region in Maharashtra and will weaken further, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.

A cargo aircraft veered off the runway after landing in heavy rain at Mumbai airport as severe cyclonic storm Nisarga made landfall in the Maharashtra coast today. In visuals, the plane is seen coming to a stop on a wet runway and under heavy rain while its massive landing gears displace water with a strong force, creating jets of water to rise sev...

"Sonu Sood waiting for cyclone Nisarga so that he can send it back home," read a tweet on Wednesday

A dramatic video of tin roof of a building getting blown off was shared by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) hours after tropical storm Nisarga made landfall near Alibaug, a popular coastal getaway about a 100km from Mumbai

Movement of vehicles on Mumbai's iconic Bandra-Worli sea link has been suspended in light of cyclone 'Nisarga' which began landfall near Alibaug, around 95 km from the city, police said.

Flight operations at Mumbai airport, that was shut till 7 pm in view of the landfall of cyclone Nisarga, will now restart an hour early, at 6 pm. The decision was announced after the severe cyclonic storm,, which made landfall at Alibaug near Mumbai this afternoon, crossed Mumbai by 5 pm.

Hundreds of people living close to various beaches in Mumbai are being shifted to safer places on Wednesday in light of cyclone 'Nisarga' which has made landfall near Alibaug, 95 kms from the city, police said.

Coronavirus-hit Mumbai has escaped the worst of the severe cyclonic storm Nisarga - the second to strike India in two weeks - with rain stopping and wind speeds reducing drastically. No damage was reported from the financial capital where movement of people was restricted in public places like beaches, parks and promenades along the coastline till ...

More than 19,000 people in coronavirus-hit Maharashtra, including some COVID-19 patients, have been moved to safety ahead of the expected landfall of severe cyclonic storm Nisarga in Alibaug - about 100 km from Mumbai- in a few hours.

As Cyclone Nisarga approached the Maharashtra coast on Wednesday, heavy rain, winds and high waves were seen at Alibaug near Mumbai, where landfall was expected.

Cyclone Nisarga, the first such storm to threaten Mumbai in over a century, is heading to the Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts and is expected to make landfall at Alibaug, about 100 km from Mumbai, this afternoon.

Senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday demanded a financial package for areas in Maharashtra that were battered by cyclone ''Nisarga'' which made landfall on June 3.

Cyclone - a familiar term in the eastern part of the country but for a reporter in Mumbai, an unknown. We, Mumbai reporters, are used to covering heavy rain, unrelenting rain, rain that floods entire cities.

Cyclone Nisarga may have spared Mumbai, which is already reeling under the COVID-19 pandemic, after it made landfall near adjoining Alibaug on Wednesday but it did leave its presence known in some parts of the city.

Coronavirus-hit Maharashtra reported at least four deaths linked to Cyclone Nisarga that made landfall in Raigad district's Alibaugh on Wednesday and weakened into a tropical depression overnight.

Cyclone Nisarga which spared Mumbai after it made landfall near adjoining Alibaug is now a depression over west Vidarbha region in Maharashtra and will weaken further, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Thursday.

A cargo aircraft veered off the runway after landing in heavy rain at Mumbai airport as severe cyclonic storm Nisarga made landfall in the Maharashtra coast today. In visuals, the plane is seen coming to a stop on a wet runway and under heavy rain while its massive landing gears displace water with a strong force, creating jets of water to rise sev...

"Sonu Sood waiting for cyclone Nisarga so that he can send it back home," read a tweet on Wednesday

A dramatic video of tin roof of a building getting blown off was shared by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) hours after tropical storm Nisarga made landfall near Alibaug, a popular coastal getaway about a 100km from Mumbai

Movement of vehicles on Mumbai's iconic Bandra-Worli sea link has been suspended in light of cyclone 'Nisarga' which began landfall near Alibaug, around 95 km from the city, police said.

Flight operations at Mumbai airport, that was shut till 7 pm in view of the landfall of cyclone Nisarga, will now restart an hour early, at 6 pm. The decision was announced after the severe cyclonic storm,, which made landfall at Alibaug near Mumbai this afternoon, crossed Mumbai by 5 pm.

Hundreds of people living close to various beaches in Mumbai are being shifted to safer places on Wednesday in light of cyclone 'Nisarga' which has made landfall near Alibaug, 95 kms from the city, police said.

Coronavirus-hit Mumbai has escaped the worst of the severe cyclonic storm Nisarga - the second to strike India in two weeks - with rain stopping and wind speeds reducing drastically. No damage was reported from the financial capital where movement of people was restricted in public places like beaches, parks and promenades along the coastline till ...

More than 19,000 people in coronavirus-hit Maharashtra, including some COVID-19 patients, have been moved to safety ahead of the expected landfall of severe cyclonic storm Nisarga in Alibaug - about 100 km from Mumbai- in a few hours.

As Cyclone Nisarga approached the Maharashtra coast on Wednesday, heavy rain, winds and high waves were seen at Alibaug near Mumbai, where landfall was expected.

Cyclone Nisarga, the first such storm to threaten Mumbai in over a century, is heading to the Maharashtra and Gujarat coasts and is expected to make landfall at Alibaug, about 100 km from Mumbai, this afternoon.