What is Cyclone Nisarga?
{{update|date=May 2022}} [[File:Nisarga 2020-06-03 0800Z.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Nisarga making landfall on [[Maharashtra]] on 3 June]] '''Severe Cyclonic Storm Nisarga''' was a [[tropical cyclone]] that hit the [[India]]n state of [[Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Meenakshi Ray |title=Cyclone Nisarga: How was the cyclonic storm set to hit Maharashtra, Gujarat named |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cyclone-nisarga-how-was-the-cyclonic-storm-set-to-hit-maharashtra-gujarat-named/story-yft0m40tmspjXc0qEHcSGN.html |access-date=2 June 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=2 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Nisarga was expected to hit the western coastline of India. On 2 June 2020, the [[India Meteorological Department]] (IMD) revisited Nisarga as severe cyclonic storm from cyclonic storm. It had its landfall in the coastal town of [[Alibag]] in Maharashtra on 3 June 2020.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Amit Chaturvedi |title=How dangerous is Cyclone Nisarga? IMD issues red alert, low-lying areas to be evacuated |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/how-dangerous-is-cyclone-nisarga-imd-issues-red-alert-low-lying-areas-to-be-evacuated/story-X2gyMvZXSmkJa4iHcYoc5L.html |access-date=2 June 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=2 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> It is the first super cyclonic storm to happen in the Bay of Bengal in the 21st century.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-02|title=Cyclone Nisarga is all set to hit the country's western coast|url=https://www.caringlyyours.com/how-to-protect-your-vehicle-during-a-natural-calamity/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603231227/https://www.caringlyyours.com/how-to-protect-your-vehicle-during-a-natural-calamity//|archive-date=2020-06-03|access-date=2020-06-02|website=Caringly Yours|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cyclone Nisarga live updates: Cyclone Nisarga live updates: Nisarga cyclone to intensify; Mumbai, Maharashtra, Gujarat on alert|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/cyclone-in-mumbai-live-updates-cycl