In Pics: Cyclone Nisarga lashes across Maharashtra and Gujarat

Cyclone 'Nisarga' has hit the coast of Maharashtra at around one o'clock on Wednesday. However, before the storm arrived, it started raining in Mumbai and surrounding areas from Tuesday evening.

Coastal districts like Thane, Raigarh and Palghar in Maharashtra are also affected by the storm. Apart from Valsad, Navsari, Surat, Bhavnagar and Bharuch districts of Gujarat, the effect of the storm is also being seen in the Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

The BMC has received 37 complaints of falling trees in the city but no injuries have been reported.

Mumbai police also said that hundreds of people living in coastal areas like Colaba in south Mumbai, Worli and Dadar in central Mumbai and Juhu and Versova in west Mumbai have been shifted to safer places. Police raided the beach in Mumbai.

Mumbai Police tweeted, "Mumbai, we have faced many storms together. This cyclone will also pass. As always just take all precautionary steps, follow the guidelines and ignore any rumors. Only trust official sources. "

Around 43,000 people living in the coastal areas of Valsad and Navsari districts of Gujarat have been evacuated to safer places before the cyclone 'Nisarga' reached the state.

The government said five more NDRF forces have been called in. Collector of Valsad R. R. "We have so far sent about 32,000 people living in coastal areas to temporary shelters," Rawal said. It is cloudy now but the wind has not started blowing yet. "

Another official said that about 11,000 people have been evacuated from various villages in Navsari district. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has also indicated that the cyclone will not reach the coast of Gujarat and has said that strong winds and heavy rains are expected in the coastal areas of the state.