Mumbai on tenterhooks as cyclone Nisarga approaches

Cyclonic storm Nisarga, set to make landfall at Alibaug in Raigad district in the afternoon, hovered over the Arabian Sea around 165 km south-southwest of the coastal town and 215 km south-southwest of Mumbai at dawn, as per India Meteorological Department on Wednesday. The cyclone will cross close to the south of Alibaug as severe cyclonic storm 100-110 kmph gusting at 120 kmph.