By India Today News Desk: ‘Biparjoy’ is likely to intensify into an extremely severe cyclonic storm during the next 12 hours and move north-northeastwards gradually during the next 24 hours, before moving north-north-westward during the subsequent three days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
“The very severe cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’ over Eastcentral Arabian Sea moved northwards with a speed of 3 kmph during past 6 hours and lay centered at 2:30 pm on June 10 over the same region, about 700 km west-northwest of Goa, 620 km West-Southwest of Mumbai, 580 km south-Southwest of Porbandar, and 890 km South of Karachi,” the weather department said.
The cyclone may not hit Gujarat and is likely to pass at a distance from the Porbandar coast.
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The IMD said the cyclone is likely to pass at a distance of 200-300 km from the Porbandar and 200 km from Nalia.
“The cyclonic storm currently lays 600 km from Porbandar. As it approaches, the port signal warning will be changed accordingly. For now, the cyclone is likely to pass from a distance of 200-300 km from Porbandar and 200 km from Nalia (Kutch). As far as the current forecast is concerned, it is not likely to hit Gujarat,” said the director of the Ahmedabad IMD (India Meteorological Department) centre, Manorama Mohanty.
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Under the influence of the cyclonic storm, Gujarat will witness thunderstorm activity during the next five days with wind speed remaining high, especially in the Saurashtra-Kutch region.
“During the next two days, the Saurashtra-Kutch region will witness a wind speed of up to 30-40 kmph. Thereafter, the region may witness wind speed of up to 30-50 kmph gusting to 50 kmph, especially in coastal areas during June 13-15,” Mohanty said.
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Yellow alert has been issued for several districts in Kerala, including, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Idukki, Kozhikode, and Kannur.
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Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been dispatched to the districts of Porbandar, Gir Somnath and Valsad.
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Fishermen have been warned against venturing into the Arabian Sea during the next five days and all fishing activities have been suspended.
The Indian Coast Guard also advised the fishing community, seafarers and stakeholders of Gujarat, Daman and Diu to take requisite precautions and safety measures.
(With inputs from PTI)
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