Mumbaikars could blame cyclone ‘Ockhi’ if the city witnesses rainfall in the coming days. Though there is no reason to worry, the Indian Meteorological Department officials confirmed that cyclone Ochki will move closer to the Maharashtra coast by December 4, 2017, and this was confirmed on Sunday.
The cyclone was centered at least 870 km off South West of Mumbai and it is very likely that the cyclone will move northwestwards of Maharashtra and then move towards South Gujarat during the ensuing 72 hours between December 4 night and December 6 morning.
The IMD officials have asked fishermen living on the Mumbai-Konkan coast to suspend fishing until Tuesday.
Ockhi cyclone has created havoc on South-Kerala and Tamil Nadu coast by claiming 22 lives.
On Saturday, due to the cyclone, strong winds were blowing by 14 km per hour and so fishermen across Mumbai to Goa coast were asked to suspend fishing.
Tamil Nadu’s 68 boats, carrying 952 fishermen, who were caught in rough seas safely reached Sindhudurg coast. The boats are now docked at Mirya Bunder, Ratnagiri and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has asked Sindhudurg district collector to take good care of these fishermen.
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