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Cyclone Biparjoy is currently less than 200 km from the Gujarat shore.
Digital Desk: 74,000 people
have been evacuated from Gujarat's coastline region in preparation for cyclone
Biparjoy's projected landfall in Kutch district this evening. Several
districts throughout the state have received Red and Orange alerts.
Here’s 10-point
cheatsheet to this big story:
color:#2E2E2E">11.
color:#2E2E2E">Cyclone Biparjoy is currently less than 200 km from the Gujarat
shore. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), it will cross
Saurashtra and Kutch, as well as the neighbouring Pakistan beaches between
Mandvi and Karachi near Jakhau Port, between 4 and 8 ppm.
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color:#2E2E2E">Biparjoy, classified as a "very severe cyclonic storm"
of category 3, is expected to have maximum wind speeds of 115-125 kmph. The
wind speed is expected to increase throughout the afternoon.
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color:#2E2E2E">4.
color:#2E2E2E">The forecast office warned that as cyclone Biparjoy near the
shore, the intensity of the rain will increase, with isolated areas in Kutch,
Devbhumi Dwarka, and Jamnagar districts expected to see extremely severe
rainfall. The administration has relocated residents from roughly 120 villages
in the Kutch area, which are located between zero and ten kilometres from the
seashore.
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color:#2E2E2E">6.
color:#2E2E2E">In different coastal areas, eighteen teams of the National
Disaster Response Force (NDRF), twelve teams of the State Disaster Response
Force (SDRF), 115 teams of the state road and construction department and 397
teams of the state power department have been deployed.
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color:#2E2E2E">8.
color:#2E2E2E">Fishing activities have been suspended till tomorrow (June 16),
ports have been closed, and ships have been anchored as the sea got tumultuous
and the weather became inclement due to the impending storm, with extremely
heavy rains and strong winds in the vicinity.
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10. A storm surge of around 2-3 metres above the astronomical
tide is expected to inundate low-lying sections of the districts that will be
affected by the landfall. According to the IMD, tides might rise up to 3-6
metres in some areas. This will be the state's second cyclone in two years,
following 'Tauktae' in May 2021.
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