Cyclone Nisarga has Mumbai in sight: Storm path tracker, weather forecast, landfall and all you need to know

The next big thing that 2020 has to offer is a new Cyclone, Cyclone Nisarga that will start forming over the Arabian Sea. Cyclone Nisarga will be taking its shape by Tuesday and is expected to cross Southern Gujrat and Northern Maharashtra on the 3rd of June. The current data released by the Indian Meteorological Department suggests that Mumbai can be the city that can face the most devastation that will be caused by Cyclone Nisarga.

Cyclone Nisarga is expected to take its form by tomorrow morning, i.e. June 2, 2020, and would intensify further with the passing of every hour. Cyclone Nisarga is expected to hit many Indian states on its way, while it will be at its most intensified form when crossing Mumbai and Southern Gujrat. India's West Coast is to experience tremendous rainfall due to cyclone Nisarga, which includes Coastal Karnataka, Northern Kerela, Goa, Coastal and Western Maharashtra, and the Southern part of Gujarat.

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As per the data released by the Indian Meteorological Department, Cyclone Nisarga's path is expected to be between Maharashtra's Harihareshwar located in Raigad district and The city of Daman, that is on the Southern part of Gujarat. The data also shows that Cyclone Nisarga is heading directly towards Mumbai, hitting other states too, on its way. An article released by India Today says, "However, by the time the cyclone nears land it could move southward or northward, meaning that landfall could take place near Mumbai or at another point along the coast of northern Maharashtra or southern Gujarat. After crossing over, the cyclone is expected to steadily lose intensity, dissipating somewhere over Madhya Pradesh on June 4 morning."

Currently, Cyclone Nisarga's state is in the depression stage, i.e. the second category of the eight-level cyclone classification system used by the Indian Meteorological Department. By tomorrow morning it will enter the Deep Depression stage and eventually intensify into a Cyclonic Storm and thereafter, into a severe Cyclonic Storm by Tuesday Night.

Here's the movement of the cyclone as per the Indian Meteorological Department. Tapping on the pins will show their location and the intensity of the cyclone that is expected over there.

 

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About Cyclone Nisarga

As per the tradition followed all over the world, a cyclone is not named before it is actually formed. Therefore, tomorrow, i.e. June 3, when it actually forms, it will be given the name Cyclone Nisarga. The term Nisarga is coined by Bangladesh which means Nature in Bengali. Cyclone Nisarga is first amongst the list of 14 cyclones that may hit India anytime soon. The old list of 64 Predicted Cyclones exhausted just a few weeks ago with the arrival of the Super Cyclone Amphan, that formed over the Bay of Bengal and had hit Westbengal, Odisha, and Bangladesh hard.  Cyclone Nisargs is the second severe cyclone on the 2020's list nut may not be as destructive as the Super Cyclone Amphan. Super Cyclone is the highest level of Classification and Severe Cyclone, the second-highest, in IMD's list.

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What will be the Impact of Cyclone Nisarga?

There is no clear indication about the impact and post-landfall scenes but for now, the weather department can give us some predictions. On Tuesday, June 2, Konkan(including Mumbai) and Goa will be experiencing heavy rainfall. While on 3rd & 4th June, Mumbai, Western Maharashtra, Southern Gujarat, Daman, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The weather forecast also say that Cyclone Nisarga is going to bring heavy storms across the Indian West Coast and that fishing activity should be prevented.

Landfalls Predictions

As per IMD's estimates and reports, Cyclone Nisarga may affect parts of Maharashtra and Gujrat. While northern Maharashtra may experience landfills, Southern Gujarat will see nothing different. The City of Mumbai is going to be severely affected by Cyclone Nisarga as it comes directly into its path. Although the two states, Maharashtra and Gujarat have been warned and alerted about cyclone Nisarga, this can be an added cause of worry as the two are already dealing with the highest number of coronavirus cases in the country.

As per IndiaToday reports, "A high-level meeting was held in Delhi on Monday to review preparedness for Cyclone Nisarga. The National Disaster Response Force is deploying over 20 teams for Cyclone Nisarga. These include 11 in Gujarat, 10 in Maharashtra and two in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. The NDRF has just had a first-hand experience of carrying out relief and rescue work during a cyclone while also dealing with the threat of the novel coronavirus -- Amphan in West Bengal and Odisha."

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Source: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/cyclone-nisarga-path-tracker-landfall-rain-weather-mumbai-maharashtra-gujarat-latest-updates-1684386-2020-06-01