India starts evacuating parts of west coast as cyclone approaches Mumbai

A man waves to his relative inside a bus before it leaves carrying coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients as they were evacuated from a makeshift hospital to other hospitals before the arrival of cyclone Nisarga, in Mumbai, India, June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India began evacuating people from low-lying areas in and around Mumbai ahead of a cyclone that is expected to hit the country's west coast on Wednesday, officials said.

The cyclone, expected to make landfall on Wednesday afternoon near India's financial capital Mumbai, will pressure emergency services already grappling with the nation's largest outbreak of the novel coronavirus.