The deep depression in the Arabian Sea has intensified into a cyclonic storm and will cross the north Maharashtra and south Gujarat coasts on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.
"Deep depression intensified into a cyclonic storm around noon today," IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said on Tuesday.
The cyclone has been named 'Nisarga'. The name has been proposed by Bangladesh, Mohapatra said.
Nisarga is likely to turn into a 'severe cyclonic storm' by Tuesday night, the Cyclone Warning Division of the IMD said
The IMD on Monday said that the cyclone will have an impact on Mumbai.
Depression and deep depression are two stages before a storm takes form of a cyclone.
Reuters reported “...Nisarga could make landfall between north Maharashtra and the adjoining south Gujarat coast, with winds gusting up to 120 km per hour (75 mile per hour), the equivalent of a category 1 hurricane”.
