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Photos: Cyclone Nisarga makes landfall; emergency services on alert
Cyclone Nisarga made landfall in Maharshtra’s Raigad district at 11.30am on June 3. Weather scientists predicted that it would take three hours to complete the landfall process. With strong winds of 120 to 140kmph, Cyclone Nisarga is the second most severe cyclone to hit Mumbai since 1961.
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A satellite image shows intense convective cloud along the Konkan Coast due to Cyclone Nisarga. The cyclone started making landfall at south of Alibaug in Maharastra’s Raigad district at 11.30am on June 3 with strong winds of 120 to 140 kmph -- higher than expected, making it the second severe cyclone to hit Mumbai since 1961. (PTI)
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A Brihan Mumbai Corporation ( BMC) official makes an announcement at a sea facing promenade asking people to stay away from the sea in wake of Cyclone Nisarga in Mumbai. RK Jenamani, a senior scientist at the weather forecast department, said Cyclone Nisarga will gradually enter Mumbai and Thane districts. (ANI)
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A fisherman pulls a handcart filled with crates towards inland at Madh fishing village, Mumbai. “Landfall is just beginning. It will take three hours to complete the process,” Jenamani told HT. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)
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An IAF IL-76 aircraft carrying 5 National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams landed in Surat on June 2 ahead of Cyclone Nisarga’s landfall. Another IL-76 airlifted 5 NDRF teams on June 2 from Vijayawada for Mumbai. (PTI)
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Mumbai Police and NDRF teams seen at Versova beach during an evacuation drive in Mumbai. The NDRF personnel on ground witnessed Nisarga make landfall between Murud and Revdanda areas in Raigad district, just south of Alibaug. (PTI)
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Evacuated citizens are seen inside a shelter home in Thal, Alibaug. Around 1500 citizens were evacuated in the view of impending Cyclone Nisarga, reported PTI. (PTI)
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A deserted view of Marine Drive in Mumbai on June 2. Climate scientists have warned that the devastation in Mumbai can be extensive as today the city is very different from the Bombay of the 1960s. It has lost most of its floodplains and rivulets and is now considered as among the densest cities in the world. (Francis Mascarenhas / REUTERS)
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