Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ Intensifies into Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm

 The very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm and is likely to cross Saurashtra-Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts around the afternoon of June 15 as a “very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS)”, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Sunday.

Biparjoy (pronounced as ‘Biporjoy’) intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm over the east-central Arabian Sea. It lay centred about 480 kilometres south-southwest of Porbandar, 530 kilometres south-southwest of Dwarka, 610 kilometres south-southwest of Naliya in Kutch and 780 kilometres south of Karachi in Pakistan, the IMD said.

“It is very likely to move nearly northward till the morning of June 14, then move north-northeastwards and cross Saurashtra and Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi (Gujarat) and Karachi (Pakistan) around noon of June 15 as a very severe cyclonic storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph,” the weather office said.