Cyclone nisarga lesson learned
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Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga was the strongest tropical cyclone to strike the Indian state of Maharashtra in the month of June since 1891.[1] It was also the first cyclone impact to Mumbai since Cyclone Phyan of 2009.[2] The third depression and second named cyclone of the annual cyclone season, Nisarga originated as a depression in the Arabian Sea and moved generally northward. On 2 June, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) upgraded the system to a cyclonic storm, assigning the name Nisarga. On the next day, Nisarga further intensified to a severe cyclonic storm and turned to the northeast, ultimately making landfall approximately 95 km south of Mumbai.[3] Nisarga rapidly weakened once inland and dissipated on 4 June.
Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga
Severe cyclonic storm (IMD scale)
Category 1 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
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Nisarga making landfall on Maharashtra on 3 June
Formed
1 June 2020
Dissipated
4 June 2020
Highest winds
3-minute sustained: 110 km/h (70 mph)
1-minute sustained: 140 km/h (85 mph)
Lowest pressure
990 hPa (mbar); 29.23 inHg
Fatalities
6 total
Damage
$665 million (2020 USD)
Areas affected
India (Maharashtra)
Part of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
Nisarga was the second cyclone to strike the Indian subcontinent within two weeks time, after Cyclone Amphan, the first super cyclonic storm to have formed in the Bay of Bengal in the 21st century, devastated the state of West Bengal on May 2020.[4][5] Making landfall in Maharashtra with winds of 110 km/h (70 mph), Nisarga became the strongest storm to strike the state in the month of June since 1891. Before Nisarga, only two depressions had struck Maharashtra in the month of June, in 1948 and 1980 respectively.[6][7]