India, June 2 -- As the Department of Telecommunications recovers from the impact of cyclone Amphan that lashed parts of coastal West Bengal, and Odisha a few weeks back, it is now taking steps to brace for Cyclone Nisarga.

Tropical storm "Nisarga", which is headed towards the coasts in Maharashtra, Mumbai, and Gujarat, is likely to intensify into a cyclone in the next 12 hours and is expected to make landfall close to Mumbai on June 3rd.

This would be the first cyclonic storm to impact India's financial capital, which has logged over 41,000 coronavirus cases so far, since 1882.

A storm surge - as high as two metres above the astronomical tide - will inundate the low-lying coastal areas of Mumbai, Thane, and Raigad districts during the...