Cyclone Biparjoy to make landfall between India and Pakistan’s coasts, UAE to remain unaffected

Cyclone Biparjoy to make landfall between India and Pakistan’s coasts, UAE to remain unaffected

India’s western coast is bracing for the landfall of the very severe cyclonic storm ‘Cyclone Biparjoy’. The country’s meteorology department predicted that Biparjoy, which is currently located 180km from the coast of Gujarat in the Arabian Sea, is likely to make landfall on the evening of June 15 (local time). The storm will likely cross Saurashtra and Kutch in India and adjoining coastal areas in Pakistan between Mandvi and Karachi near Jakhau Port between 4-8 PM (local time), the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The storm is currently categorised as a very severe cyclonic storm – VSCS with maximum sustained wind speed of 115-125 kilometres per hour gusting to 140 kilometres per hour. The IMD, in its morning bulletin, has forecast wind speeds of “125-135 kilometres per hour gusting to 150 kilometres per hour prevailing over the region which is likely to gradually decrease to 115-125 kilometres per hour with gusting winds of 140 kilometres per hour by 15th evening.” The weather agency forecasts the storm to weaken after June 15 with squally wind speed reaching 50-60 kilometres per hour gusting to 70 kilometres per hour by June 16 morning. Weather agencies from the countries adjoining the Arabian Sea have issued