Very severe Cyclone Biparjoy brings high waves at Gujarat’s Tithal Beach, to intensify further in next 24 hours
MAHARASTRA,JUNE 10 : The ‘very severe’ cyclonic storm Biparjoy is expected to intensify further in the next 24 hours, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
The weather department also said the cyclone would move north-northeastwards.
“Very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy at 2330 hrs IST of 9th June over east-central Arabian Sea near lat 16.0N & long 67.4E. Likely to intensify further & move north-northeastwards during the next 24hrs,” IMD said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, teams of NDRF have been deployed in Gujarat’s Porbandar, Gir-Somnath and Valsad.
High waves were observed at Tithal Beach in Gujarat’s Valsad on the Arabian Sea coast, in anticipation of Cyclone Biparjoy. As a precautionary measure, Tithal Beach has been closed to tourists until June 14.
Speaking to news agency ANI, Tehsildar TC Patel, Valsad, said, “We told the fishermen not to venture into the sea and they all have come back. People will be shifted to the village at the seashore if needed. Shelters have been made for them. We have closed Tithal Beach for tourists till June 14.”
With Cyclone Biparjoy forecast to intensify in the next 36 hours, the weather department has also advised fishermen not to venture into the seas off the coast of Kerala, Karnataka, and Lakshadweep.
Meanwhile, a Twitter video showed the impact of Cyclone Biparjoy at a school in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore.
Several districts in Kerala, including, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Kozhikode, and Kannur were put on yellow alert on Friday.
The monsoon will advance to the remaining parts of Kerala, some parts of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and the Northeast in the next 48 hours, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday.
The IMD has said the wind speed due to Cyclone Biparjoy, is expected to reach up to 45 to 55 knots on June 10, 11 and 12. The speed may also touch the 65-knot mark, the weather department said. The cyclone is also expected to bring light rains and thunderstorms in coastal regions, including south Gujarat and Saurashtra.
All ports have been asked to hoist Distant Warning signal,” Director of IMD’s Meteorological Centre in Ahmedabad, Manorama Mohanty, told PTI.
On Friday, the very severe cyclonic storm was located over the east-central Arabian Sea located 840-kilometer west-southwest of Goa and 870 km west-southwest of Mumbai at 11:30 pm on June 8, the IMD said.
Earlier in a bulletin, the weather department said, “VSCS BIPARJOY over east-central Arabian Sea, lay centred at 0530hrs IST of 08th June, near lat 13.9N & long 66.0E, about 860km west-southwest of Goa, 910km southwest of Mumbai, would intensify further & move north-northwestwards.”
-PTI
