The cyclone -The public should be extremely careful as thunderstorms and winds are likely to accompany the rain, CM Vijayan said.
The cyclone could lead to extremely heavy rainfall (over 20 cm) at isolated places in Kutch, Devbhoomi Dwarka and Jamnagar districts on June 15. Biparjoy, a name given by Bangladesh and pronounced as `Biporjoy`, has already started hitting normal life before its landfall on June 15 near the fishing port of Gujarat`s Jakhau.
Visuals from Mumbai`s Worli Sea Face showed high tidal waves in Arabian Sea. Manish Pathak, Deputy Director General (Operations) of the Indian Coast Guard, said that they have 31 disaster response teams on stand by for relief and rescue, including seven large ships that have been deployed off Gujarat (2 ships) and Maharashtra (5 ships) coasts.
" Our helicopters, planes have alerted them on VHF and loud speakers, and they have been brought back to port," Pathak said, adding that state fisheries has confirmed that all boats and ships have returned. Gujarat chief minister Bhupendra Patel said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with him regarding the status and preparedness for the cyclone in his state.
According to the India Meteorological Department, the `very severe cyclonic storm` lay centred at 2:30 am over the northeast and east-central Arabian Sea about 290 km southwest of Porbandar and 360 km south-southwest of Jakhau Port. The IMD said that the cyclone will cross Saurashtra and Kutch near Jakhau Port by evening of June 15.
Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, in a statement, said that his state too is expected to receive heavy rainfall in the next few days as Cyclone Biparjoy is located over the central-eastern Arabian Sea. According to IMD, heavy rain is likely at isolated places in Kerala during the next 24 hours and there is a possibility of widespread thundershowers in the next five days.
The public should be extremely careful as thunderstorms and winds are likely to accompany the rain, CM Vijayan said. Reports stated that over 12,000 people have been identified for evacuation in Kutch and Dwarka, the two districts expected to bear the maximum brunt of the storm.
So far, the affected districts include Amreli, Devbhumi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Kutch, Porbandar, Gir-Somnath and Jamnagar, where the Arabian Sea was extremely turbulent with gigantic waves crashing ashore. .
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