The operations at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) will remain suspended till 6 pm on Monday in view of the cyclone alert, the private airport has notified.
Cyclone Tauktae, which has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm over the East-central Arabian Sea, moved North-Northwestwards with a speed of about 20 kmph during the past six hours and further intensified into an “extremely severe cyclonic storm on Monday, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The IMD has issued an orange alert for Mumbai, warning of very heavy rains at isolated places with strong winds on Monday as Tauktae is likely to pass close to the Mumbai coast.
