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Cyclone Nisarga: Coronavirus patients evacuated ahead of worst storm to hit Mumbai in 70 years - CNN
Jun 03, 2020 1 min, 26 secs
"The sheds can easily withstand the rain but it is the wind speed that I am worried about and I don't want to endanger anyone," Uddhav Thackeray, the chief minister of the state said in an address on Tuesday. 

The field hospital in Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai has capacity for over 1,000 patients, all of whom are being shifted to other hospitals, he added. 

Ahead of landfall, India's National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) deployed 20 teams in Maharashtra, 16 teams in Gujarat, and two teams in other nearby areas.

Thousands of people living in flimsy or makeshift homes along the low-lying coast have been evacuated, according to a statement from the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs.

More than 50,000 people living along the coast of southern Gujarat have been evacuated, Harshad Patel, Gujarat's Relief Commissioner said.

In Mumbai, the state authorities along with NDRF have evacuated more than 60,000 people from coastal districts, according to Kishor Raje Nimbalkar, Relief Commissioner of Maharashtra.

The IMD is expecting major damage to thatched houses and huts, as well as to power and communication lines.

Mumbai's civic body, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said 35 schools are being used as temporary evacuation shelters for citizens.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged residents in affected areas to take all possible precautions.

"Took stock of the situation in the wake of cyclone conditions in parts of India's western coast. Praying for everyone's well-being.

I urge people to take all possible precautions and safety measures," Modi said in a tweet on Tuesday.

Tropical Cyclone Nisarga comes two weeks after powerful Cyclone Amphan slammed into India's eastern coast, killing at least 90 people in India and neighboring Bangladesh, leaving millions without power, and causing more than $13.2 billion dollars in damage.

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