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An India Meteorological Department (IMD) official on Thursday expressed that though 'Biparjoy' has weakened into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm but it still has damaging potential...
Director General, IMD, Dr Mrityunjay Mohapatra told news agency ANI, 'Biparjoy' is a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm with damaging potential. 2-3m high tidal waves are expected in Kachchh and extremely heavy rainfall with high windspeed expected in Porbandar and Dwarka districts.".
Cyclone Biparjoy is less than 200 kilometres from the Gujarat coast and its impending landfall on Thursday evening, along with the anticipated heavy rain and storm surge, have led to the evacuation of 74,000 people living in vulnerable areas, authorities have said..
According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Biparjoy is expected to make landfall near Jakhau port as a very severe cyclonic storm" with maximum wind speed reaching up to 150 kilometres per hour..
The IMD said that the intensity of rainfall will increase as the powerful weather system approaches the coast, with isolated places in Kutch, Devbhumi Dwarka and Jamnagar districts likely to witness extremely heavy rainfall..
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