Cyclone Biparjoy: IMD Expects 'Very Severe Cyclonic Storm' To Intensify In Next 36 Hours

Very severe cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy' was located over the east-central Arabian Sea located 840 kilometers west-southwest of Goa and 870 km west-southwest of Mumbai at 11:30 pm on June 8, the IMD said.
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'Cyclone Biparjoy' is set to intensify in the next 36 hours, an IMD release said.

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New Delhi: 'Cyclone Biparjoy' is set to intensify in the next 36 hours and will be heading north-northwestwards in the next two days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a tweet on Friday.
Very severe cyclonic storm 'Biparjoy' was located over the east-central Arabian Sea located 840 kilometers west-southwest of Goa and 870 km west-southwest of Mumbai at 11:30 pm on June 8, the IMD said.
"Very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy over east-central Arabian Sea at 2330 hours IST of 08th June, 2023 over about 840 km west-southwest of Goa, 870 km west-southwest of Mumbai. To intensify further gradually during next 36 hours and move nearly north-northwestwards in next 2 days," it tweeted.
Earlier in a bulletin, the weather department said, "VSCS BIPARJOY over east-central Arabian Sea, lay centred at 0530hrs IST of 08th June, near lat 13.9N & long 66.0E, about 860km west-southwest of Goa, 910km southwest of Mumbai, would intensify further & move north-northwestwards."
The weather department had also advised fishermen not to venture into such cyclone-hit areas in the Arabian Sea. Those who were out at sea were advised to return to the coast, it had said earlier.
Earlier on Thursday, fishermen from Gujarat were asked to return to the coast from deep sea areas and ports were instructed to hoist Distant Warning signal (DW II). The first cyclone in the Arabian Sea this year is expected to bring light showers and thunderstorms in coastal regions of Gujarat
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