Mumbai is not only dealing the coronavirus crisis at the moment, but also facing a “severe cyclonic storm”. Cyclone Nisarga made its landfall on the western coastal area on India at 1 pm on Wednesday, June 3 bringing heavy rainfall and wind.
Cyclone Nisarga dropped heavy rains and winds gusting up to 120km (75 miles) per hour as a category 4 cyclone near the coastal city of Alibagh, about 98km (60 miles) south of Mumbai, which is home to more than 18 million people.
As a precautionary measure, over 100,000 people, including coronavirus patients, were moved to safer locations. In Mumbai, the abode of Bollywood and India’s largest stock exchange, high winds whipped skyscrapers and ripped apart shanty houses near the beach.
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While Mumbai people including celebrities are spreading awareness and urging people to take preventive measures during the cyclone, social media platforms are flooded with the videos of the cyclone arrival. Here we are going to share with you some of those videos.
#CycloneNisarga at Dapoli in Maharashtra..#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/Vhi21dJB05
— MAHA INFO CENTRE (@micnewdelhi) June 3, 2020
Achara beach, sindhudurg. Be safe #CycloneNisarga #CycloneUpdate pic.twitter.com/DgtPA8NvQG
— saahil (@iamsahil99) June 3, 2020
#CycloneNisarga effect. ? pic.twitter.com/JfPkSoQUQ7
— Saral Patel (@SaralPatel) June 3, 2020
More Terrifying visuals from Alibaug, Raigad district of Maharashtra during landfall of #CycloneNisarga. It’s horrible. Pray for India! ??
— Licypriya Kangujam (@LicypriyaK) June 3, 2020
Take a look at the eye of the Strom ?️?️?️#CycloneNisarga #Maharashtra #CycloneUpdate pic.twitter.com/A9LN7AMVhp
— Pappu Jadhav (@PappuJ_5_5_97) June 3, 2020
Meanwhile, Maharashtra and Gujarat states have reported about 44 percent of India’s more than 200,000 coronavirus cases nationwide, and 61 percent of all virus deaths. Mumbai is already dealing with the highest number of coronavirus cases with more than 41,000 infections.
Maharashtra Chief Minister, Uddhav Balasheb Thackeray, said some 150 coronavirus patients had been moved out of a hospital near the city’s beachfront.
The chief executive of Save the Children in India, Bidisha Pillai said, “If hospitals and clinics are damaged by the cyclone, the city won’t be able to cope with the large number of COVID-19 cases, and social distancing measures will become virtually impossible to follow”.
