As Maharashtra and Gujarat brace for ‘Severe Cyclone’ Nisarga, the storm cycle lay centred over eastcentral Arabian Sea, on June 3, which is about 130 km south-southwest of Alibagh, 175 km south-southwest of Mumbai and 400 km south-southwest of Surat (Gujarat), according to IMD bulletin.

As of 7.30 am on Wednesday Goa has received 127 mm of rain, Harnai-25, Colaba-39, Santa Cruz 23 and Dahanu 04 mm.

At least 100,000 people, including some coronavirus patients, were being moved to safer locations as India’s west coast braced for a cyclone, the first such storm to threaten Mumbai in more than 70 years.

Ratnagiri is first to be hit by Cyclone Nisarga.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said it will affect the coastal districts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, Gujarat and other neighbouring states. Airlines have cancelled flights to Mumbai scheduled for today. Covid-special trains have been rescheduled as the city braces for its first cyclone in over 100 years. Section 144 (CrPC) has been imposed in Mumbai from the midnight of June 3 to the noon of June 4. Police have asked citizens to refrain from venturing out to coast-beaches, promenade, parks and other similar places along the coastline.

The Central Railway has resheduled, diverted and regulated some trains from Mumbai in view of the cyclonic storm ‘Nisarga’ which is set to make a landfall at Alibaug in Maharashtra on Wednesday afternoon.