Cyclone Biparjoy is less than 200 kilometres from the Gujarat coast and its impending landfall. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) says that ‘Biparjoy’ is a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm with damaging potential. 2-3m high tidal waves are expected in Kachchh and extremely heavy rainfall with high windspeed is expected in Porbandar and Dwarka districts in view of the cyclone. The meteorologists predict that the powerful storm would hit the Indian port of Jakhau late evening today with wind speed reaching up to 125-135 km/h. Meanwhile, several treacherous pictures of the very severe cyclonic storm from space have surfaced on social media as well. Here we bring to you the first glimpse of high tides and evacuation efforts being undertaken by the authorities.
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High tides crash at the damaged houses due to sea erosion, at Bettampady, ahead of the cyclonic storm. IMD says that a storm surge of about 2-3 metres above the astronomical tide is likely to inundate low-lying areas of the districts that are likely to be affected due to the landfall. The tides could rise up to 3-6 metres in some places.(Photo Credits: PTI)
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A man carries a child from a truck during an evacuation before the arrival of cyclone Biparjoy in Jakhau in Gujarat. The administration has shifted people from nearly 120 villages located between zero and 10 km from the seashore in Kutch district.(Photo Credits: Reuters)
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A BSF officer helps a child to get down from a tractor as evacuation process is underway ahead of the expected landfall of Cyclone Biparjoy, at Gunau village of kutch district. So far over 94,000 people have been moved to temporary shelters in eight coastal districts of Kutch, Jamnagar, Morbi, Rajkot, Devbhumi Dwarka, Junagadh, Porbandar and Gir Somnath.(Photo Credits: PTI)
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NDRF personnel at the Mandvi beach ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Biparjoy, in Kutch district. The government says that 15 teams of NDRF (National Disaster Response Force), 12 teams of SDRF (State Disaster Response Force), 115 teams of state road and building department, and 397 teams of the state electricity department have been deployed in different coastal districts.(Photo Credits: PTI)
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A view of rain clouds before the arrival of cyclonic storm Biparjoy. IMD says that Biparjoy is expected to make landfall near Jakhau port as a “very severe cyclonic storm” with maximum wind speed reaching up to 150 kilometres per hour. The weather department says that the intensity of rainfall will increase as the powerful weather system approaches the coast. Isolated places in Kutch, Devbhumi Dwarka and Jamnagar districts likely to witness extremely heavy rainfall.(Photo Credits: Reuters)
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Cyclone Biparjoy is less than 200 kilometres from the Gujarat coast and its impending landfall on Thursday evening, along with the anticipated heavy rain and storm surge, have led to the evacuation of 74,000 people living in vulnerable areas. The very severe cyclonic storm is less than 200 kilometres from the Gujarat coast and its impending landfall on Thursday evening, along with the anticipated heavy rain and storm surge, have led to the evacuation of 74,000 people living in vulnerable areas.(Photo Credits: PTI)
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The very severe cyclonic storm which developed over the Arabian Sea on June 6, will make landfall on western India’s coastline today. Cyclone Biparjoy has been stirring in the Arabian Sea for over a week now and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the NOAA-20 satellite acquires a natural-color image of the storm a day before its landfall. (Photo Credits: Twitter)
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Additionally, a United Arab Emirates (UAE) astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi also clicked some breathtaking pictures of the very severe cyclonic storm from space and shared them on his Twitter. (Photo Credits: Twitter)
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High tidal waves lash the shore at Marine Drive ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Biparjoy. (Photo Credits: PTI)
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A tree uprooted due to strong winds is seen before the arrival ofcycloneBiparjoy in the western state of Gujarat. (Photo Credits: PTI)