Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government has issued heavy rain and thundershowers warning for north Konkan and north-central part of the state from November 6-8 due to cyclone ”Maha”.
Fishermen have been asked to return to the shores and all the district administrations have been asked to remain alert.
On Sunday, Indian Coast Guard had deployed seven ships and two aircraft off Gujarat coast to warn fishing boats at sea and advising them to return to the nearest port in the wake of cyclone Maha.
The weather department also predicted heavy rainfall at isolated places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and hail at isolated places is possible over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
In the meantime, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will receive light to moderate rainfall at isolated places during the next four days, as per the weekly bulletin issued by Regional Meteorological Department on 3 November 2019. The northern districts that includes Chennai will stay dry until Tuesday (5 November) but southern districts will continue witnessing light to moderate rainfall till the weekend. Isolated parts of Madurai & neighbouring districts in south Tamil Nadu experienced heavy rainfall yesterday.
Gale wind speed is very likely to increase gradually over east-central Arabian Sea becoming 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph by Monday. Sea condition will be very high over east-central Arabian Sea for the next 24 hours and will become phenomenal from Monday, IMD said.
