Cyclone Biparjoy May Hit Gujarat Coast On June 15

The very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy located over the east-central Arabian Sea moved northwards with a speed of 5 kmph and is likely to intensify into an extremely severe cyclonic storm during the next 6 hours, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday.

In its latest update, the IMD said Cyclone Biparjoy is very likely to move nearly northwards and reach near Pakistan and adjoining Saurashtra and Kutch coasts as a very severe cyclonic storm on June 15.

"VSCS BIPARJOY lay centered at 2330IST of today, near lat 17.4N and long 67.3E, about 600 km WSW of Mumbai, 530 km S-SW of Porbandar & 830 km S of Karachi. To intensify further and likely to reach near Pakistan & adjoining Saurashtra and Kutch coast around A/N of 15th June as VSCS," IMD tweeted.

"The very severe cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy' (pronounced as 'Biporjoy') over east-central Arabian Sea moved nearly northwards with a speed of 5 kmph during past6-hours and lay centered at 2330 hours IST of 10th June, 2023 over the same region near latitude 17.4°N and longitude 67.3°E, about 600 km west-southwest of Mumbai,530 km south-southwest of Porbandar, 580 km south-southwest of Dwarka, 670 km south-southwest of Naliya and 830 km south of Karachi," the IMD said.

"It is likely to intensify into an extremely severe cyclonic storm during the next 06 hours. It is very likely to move nearly northwards and reach near Pakistan and adjoining Saurashtra & Kutch coasts around afternoon of 15th June, 2023 as a very severe cyclonic storm," it added.