In pictures: A rain drenched Mumbai as Cyclone Nisarga lands

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This is the first such storm to hit Mumbai in nearly 100 years. Dark clouds hang over the city ahead of cyclone Nisarga making landfall in Mumbai. Image Credit: AP

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Iconic Bandra-Worli sea-link closed in the view of cyclonic storm Nisarga, in Mumbai. Image Credit: PTI

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Strong winds hit Juhu beach during the landfall of cyclone Nisarga in Mumbai. Image Credit: ANI

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The FedEx MD-11 plane skids off the runway while landing during heavy rain, as severe cyclonic storm Nisarga made landfall, at Mumbai Airport. Image Credit: PTI

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A boat is seen in the water of the Arabian sea with Marine Drive in the background as rain lashed in Mumbai on Wednesday Image Credit: ANI

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Sea waves strike at a slum area near the Arabian sea as cyclone Nisarga makes its landfall on the outskirts of the city, in Mumbai. Image Credit: ANI

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The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows NDRF personnel clearing fallen trees from a road in Alibag town of Raigad district following cyclone Nisarga landfall in India's western coast. Cyclone Nisarga ripped roofs off homes in a coastal town near Mumbai after officials ordered offices and factories to shut and told people to stay home, reversing a move to ease a coronavirus lockdown in the Indian megacity. Image Credit: AFP

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Mumbai and its surrounds are usually sheltered from cyclones -- the last severe storm to hit the city was in 1948 -- but authorities have evacuated at least 100,000 people from flood-prone areas in the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat. Image Credit: AFP

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A man walks past an uprooted tree during Cyclone Nisarga, in Mumbai. Image Credit: PTI

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A boat is lifted by a crane off the coast of the Arabian sea as cyclone Nisarga makes its landfall on the outskirts of the city, in Mumbai. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Mumbai skyline is seen during Cyclone Nisarga in Mumbai. Image Credit: AP

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National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel along with Mumbai police evacuate people living along Versova beach ahead of Cyclone Nisarga’s expected landfall, in Mumbai, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. Cyclone Nisarga, hovering over the Arabian Sea, is likely to make landfall at the coastal town Alibaug near the megapolis between 1 pm and 4 pm today. Image Credit: PTI

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A family look for shelter during rainfall ahead of Cyclone Nisarga’s expected landfall, in Navi Mumbai, Image Credit: PTI

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A deserted road is seen at Marine Drive before cyclone Nisarga makes its landfall, in Mumbai. Image Credit: REUTERS/

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Fishermen pull their nets out of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. Image Credit: AP

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A truck drives on a road under heavy rain in Mumbai on June 3, 2020. Image Credit: AFP

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A corporation worker works to clear an uprooted tree that fell on a road during Cyclone Nisarga at Juinagar in Navi Mumbai. Image Credit: PTI

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Vehicles get damaged by uprooted trees due to strong winds after the landfall of cyclone Nisarga at Sanpada in Navi Mumbai. Image Credit: ANI

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Public property nearby gets damaged by an uprooted tree due to strong winds after the landfall of cyclone Nisarga at Nariman point in Mumbai. Image Credit: ANI

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Damaged hoardings due to strong winds triggered by Cyclone Nisarga, at Bandra Reclamation in Mumbai. Image Credit: AP

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People enjoy rain on the Arabian Sea coast in Mumbai. Image Credit: AP

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People scramble to enter a truck during an evacuation of a slum on the coast of the Arabian sea in Mumbai on Wednesday, as Cyclone Nisarga make landfall. Image Credit: ANI

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New Delhi: IAF continues in a heightened state of preparedness to provide required assistance in combating Cyclone Nisarga. On Jun 2, one IAF IL-76 aircraft landed at Surat with 5 NDRF teams, another IL-76 airlifted 5 NDRF teams from Vijayawada for Mumbai. Image Credit: PTI

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