Cyclone Biparjoy will cross near Gujarat's Jakhau Port on Thursday, the IMD said in its latest weather bulletin. Schools have been shut in various districts of Gujarat and as many as 17 NDRF teams are on alert. The IMD has also predicted rainfall in eight states and UTs in view of cyclone Biparjoy.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded a red alert for the Saurashtra, Dwarka and Kutch coasts in Gujarat in view of the very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy. The cyclonic storm is expected to cause massive damage today and a heavy rainfall warning has been sounded for several states.
The cyclone is expected to move nearly north-northeastwards and cross Saurashtra and Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi (Gujarat) and Karachi (Pakistan) near Jakhau Port (Gujarat) by Thursday evening as a very severe cyclonic storm with maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 km per hour gusting to 150 km per hour.
Cyclone Warning for Saurashtra & Kutch Coasts: Orange Message. VSCS BIPARJOY at 2330 IST of 13th June over NE Arabian Sea near lat 21.7N & long 66.3E, about 300km WSW of Devbhumi Dwarka. To cross near Jakhau Port (Gujarat) by evening of 15th June as VSCS," the weather office said in its latest tweet.
Cyclone Biporjoy is expected to cross near Porbandar and Dwarka coasts of Gujarat today. As cyclone Biparjoy barrels towards the Kutch coast in Gujarat, the government said they have so far evacuated nearly 37,800 people living near the sea in eight districts of the state.
Multiple government agencies are engaged in a feverish evacuation operation in the coastal districts of Saurashtra and Kutch, anticipating the catastrophic effects of cyclone Biparjoy. The cyclone is expected to cause damage in Kachchh, Devbhumi Dwarka, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Morbi, Junagarh and Rajkot districts of Gujarat tomorrow. High tide waves also hit Mumbai as cyclone 'Biporjoy' intensified.
Cyclone Biparjoy is expected to make landfall near the Jakhau port in the Kutch district on Thursday afternoon with winds gusting up to 150 kmph. It will be the third cyclone to make landfall in Gujarat in June since 1965.
After it makes landfall and weakens, Biparjoy is likely to remain north-eastward and is expected to move towards extreme south Rajasthan. It is expected to bring heavy to very heavy rain in north Gujarat between June 15-17. A bustling shipping hub, the Jakhau port on Tuesday looked like a haunted jetty following the evacuation of its entire human population.
