This year the death toll has already crossed 50 with a few people reported missing.
October 24, 2021On receipt of a request for assistance for a Barge 'P305' adrift off Heera Oil Fields in Bombay High area with 273 personnel onboard, INS Kochi was swiftly sailed with despatch to assess the situation and render assistance, as required.
May 17, 2021As per the Navy, the incident took place yesterday at around 5 pm in the Arabian Sea and a high-level inquiry has been ordered to investigate the matter.
November 27, 2020Owing to darkness and inclement weather conditions, the fishing trawler decided to sail back to Mumbai, dragging the creature in the nets behind it and reached here early on Wednesday.
August 12, 2020After storming the Maharashtra coast, cyclone Nisarga has started weakening and its intensity will reduce further by evening, the India Meteorological Department said.
June 3, 2020This is the first time that a cyclone is making landfall on the Maharashtra coast in June since record-keeping began in 1891.
June 3, 2020The last cyclone to hit Mumbai was cyclonic storm 'Phyan' on November 11, 2009. Nisarga is currently located around 400 km from Mumbai as a deep depression.
June 2, 2020The naming of cyclones in the Indian Ocean began in 2000 and a formula was agreed in 2004. The next few cyclones will be named Gati (named by India), Nivar (Iran), Burevi (Maldives), Tauktae (Myanmar) and Yaas (Oman).
June 2, 2020NDRF Director-General SN Pradhan informed that 21 teams of NDRF are deployed in both the states and 10 teams are on standby.
June 2, 2020The IMD had earlier said that conditions were favourable for the onset of the monsoon over Kerala on June 1 due to the formation of Cyclone 'Nisarga' over Arabian Sea.
June 1, 2020A low-pressure area and a depression are the first two levels on the IMD's eight-category scale used to classify cyclones based on their intensity.
June 1, 2020The weather bureau further said that the sea condition will be very rough and advised fishermen not to venture the sea till June 4.
May 31, 2020Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said that the disaster management teams in the state are on standby for facing all eventualities.
October 26, 2019This is the third cyclone that has developed over the Arabian Sea this year, the first after the monsoon.
October 25, 2019All beaches in the Konkan region, viz. Palgahar, Thane, Mumbai (city/suburban), Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg may be shut off to the public immediately for the next two days.
June 12, 2019Gujarat and Diu Administration have planned to evacuate about 3 lakh people from the identified vulnerable areas starting early morning of 12th June 2019.
June 12, 2019The Met Department has advised fishermen not to venture into southeast Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep area along and off Kerala and Karnataka coasts on Monday and Tuesday. Those who are out in the deep sea areas are advised to return to the coast.
June 10, 2019