Cyclone Biparjoy – live: Two dead and nearly 1000 villages without power as storm weakens
Eye of the cyclone, churning across the Arabian Sea for more than 10 days, was located around 20km southwest of Indian port
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Your support makes all the difference.A man and his son died in India’s Gujarat state as they attempted to save their livestock in the region hit by cyclone Biparjoy, officials said today.
The longest cyclone to have struck the Arabian Sea, Biparjoy knocked out power in nearly 1000 villages and threw shipping containers into the sea in western India before moving to Pakistan where lashing winds and rain are expected to strike a part struck by devastating floods last year.
The storm made landfall a night earlier, packing windspeeds of 85 kph (53 mph), gusting up to 105 kph (86 mph) through the coastal regions of western India’s Gujarat state. Pakistani authorities were on high alert after evacuating 82,000 people.
The eye of the cyclone, which was churning across the Arabian Sea for more than 10 days, was located around 20km southwest of Jakhau port, 120km northwest of Devbhumi Dwarka and 50 km west-southwest of Naliya, reported Press Trust of India.
Recent studies show cyclones in the Arabian Sea are getting stronger and wetter as the sea surface temperature increased by 1.2C to 1.4C in recent decades.
Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall at 86mph as India and Pakistan brace for floods
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Two people rescued in Gujarat by Indian forces
At least two people stranded in Gujarat’s Rupen Bandar in a low-lying area have been rescued by the Indian National Disaster Relief Forces after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall in the coastal state.
Satellite view of Cyclone Biparjoy shows storm visible from space
Satellite visuals of cyclone Biparjoy have been captured by Nasa, right before it turned into a ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ around the western coast of India and southern Pakistan, moving upwards from Arabian Sea.
“The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the NOAA-20 satellite acquired this natural-color image of the storm on 14 June, a day before it was forecast to make landfall,” Nasa said.
It added that the “long-lived cyclone had wind speeds of 129 kilometers (80 miles) per hour on 14 June, making it a category 1 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale”.
Cyclone Biparjoy to morph into deep depression near Indian coast
The weakening cyclone Biparjoy spinning along India and Pakistan has moved east-northeastwards today, top officials at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) have said.
It is now centered 30kms from Gujarat’s Bhuj and by evening, it is expected to convert into a deep depression over Saurashtra and Kutch and adjoining areas with 50-60kmph gusting to 70kmph, Dr Mrityunjay Mohapatra, director-general at IMD said.
Cyclone Biparjoy kills 2, uproots power lines after landfall in India, churns toward Pakistan
Cyclone Biparjoy knocked out power and threw shipping containers into the sea in western India before aiming its lashing winds and rain at part of Pakistan that suffered devastating floods last year.
A man and his son died trying to save their livestock in Gujarat state, where the storm came ashore late Thursday after more than 180,000 people took shelter in the two countries.
The storm made landfall a night earlier, packing windspeeds of 85 kph (53 mph), gusting up to 105 kph (86 mph) through the coastal regions of western India’s Gujarat state. Pakistani authorities were on high alert after evacuating 82,000 people.
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Cyclone Biparjoy kills 2, uproots power lines after landfall in India, churns toward Pakistan
Cyclone Biporjoy is churning through coastal India toward Pakistan with lashing rain and gusts of up to 105 kph (65 mph)
Cyclone Biparjoy sets record as longest typhoon over Arabian Sea
The Indian Meteorological Department said Cyclone Biporjoy has set a record for the longest lifespan over the Arabian Sea with a lifespan or more than 10 days. Cyclone Kyarr of 2019 over the Arabian Sea had a life of 9 days, it said.
Road cleared out in India’s Gujarat after cyclone landfall
The National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) personnel were seen conducting road clearance operation in Bhuj after cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ made landfall along the Gujarat coast yesterday.
Live: Coastline in India’s Gujarat state, a day after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall
Nearly 1000 villages without electricity after cyclone landfall
Around 1,000 villages along India’s Kutch-Saurashtra region are without electricity in the aftermath of cyclone Biparjoy, officials said.
The heavy rain and storms caused by the cyclone damaged 5,120 electricity poles, according to reports.
Initially, the “very severe cyclonic storm” brewing in the Arabian Sea had caused a power outage in 4,600 villages in the region’s coastal districts. By this noon local time power supply was restored in 3,580 villages.
Cyclone Biparjoy triggers evacuation of 100,000 in India
About 100,000 people evacuated in western India have been temporarily relocated to relief camps, authorities in western India said today after cyclone Biparjoy made a landfall.
The full extent of the damage in western India was not immediately known. In addition to the two deaths, three people were injured in nearby Devbhoomi Dwarka district, officials said.
The storm did other damage upon landfall, including uprooting trees and electricity poles. Officials in the coastal town of Mandvi told the Associated Press that heavy winds had thrown some shipping containers at Mundra port, one of India’s largest ports, into the sea.
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