Major oil and container ports, including Adani Group’s flagship Mundra operation, have suspended operations in view of cyclone Biparjoy.
Cyclone Biparjoy has moved closer to the Indian shores as it prepares for a landfall on June 15.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has sounded a storm surge warning for the coastal areas of Gujarat in view of very severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy, saying it is likely to inundate the low-lying areas of Kachchh, Devbhumi Dwarka, Porbandar, Jamnagar and Morbi districts. While Biparjoy lost some of its intensity to become a very severe cyclone, experts warned that it could pick up the pace again and cause colossal devastation in Gujarat by triggering gigantic storm surges.
Major damage expected
As Biparjoy prepares to make landfall between Gujarat's Mandvi and Pakistan's port city of Karachi on June 15, the Met department said total destruction of thatched houses and extensive damage to kutcha houses are expected in Kachchh, Devbhumi Dwarka, Porbandar, Jamnagar, Morbi, Junagarh and Rajkot districts. The very severe cyclonic storm can uproot power and communication poles in these areas and disrupt railways and damage standing crops, plantations and orchards.
Cyclone ‘Biparjoy’ (pronounced as “Biporjoy”) lay centred over the Northeast Arabian Sea about 290 km southwest of Gujarat's Jakhau Port, 300 km west-southwest of Devbhumi Dwarka, 310 km west-southwest of Naliya, 350 km west of Porbandar, and 370 km south-southwest of Karachi, Pakistan. The very severe cyclonic storm is likely to move nearly north-northeastwards and cross Saurashtra and Kutch and adjoining Pakistan coasts between Mandvi and Karachi near Jakhau Port by June 15 evening with a maximum sustained wind speed of 125-135 kmph gusting to 150 kmph.
Cyclone Biparjoy Live updates
Rain forecast
The cyclone system is expected to bring light to moderate rainfall today at most places in the coastal areas of Gujarat with heavy to very heavy rainfall and extremely heavy falls at isolated places. The rainfall intensity would increase with heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places and extremely heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Kachchh, Devbhumi Dwarka and Jamnagar on June 15. Some parts of the Porbandar, Rajkot, Morbi and Junagarh districts are likely to receive heavy to very heavy rainfall on June 15 while heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over isolated places in districts of Saurashtra and north Gujarat region.
Dozens of trains cancelled
Around 95 trains running through, originating or terminating in coastal areas of Gujarat will remain cancelled or short-terminated till June 15, according to Western Railway.
Here's the list of cancelled trains
- 22955 Bandra Terminus - Bhuj Kutch Express
- 20907 Dadar - Bhuj Express
- 09480 Okha - Rajkot Unreserved Special (Daily)
- 09479 Rajkot - Okha Unreserved Special (Daily)
- 19251 Veraval - Okha Express
- 19252 Okha – Veraval Express
- 09523 Okha - Delhi Sarai Rohilla Special
- 19209 Bhavnagar Terminus - Okha Express
- 19210 Okha - Bhavnagar Terminus Express
- 09522 Veraval - Rajkot Express
- 09521 Rajkot - Veraval Express
- 22957 Ahmedabad - Veraval
- 22958 Veraval - Ahmedabad
- 19119 Ahmedabad - Veraval Intercity
- 19120 Veraval – Ahmedabad Intercity
- 19207 Porbandar -Veraval Express
- 19208 Veraval - Porbandar Express
- 09513 Rajkot - Veraval
- 09514 Veraval - Rajkot
- 19320 Indore-Veraval Mahamana
- 09550 Porbandar - Bhanvad
- 09549 Bhanvad - Porbandar
- 09515 Kanalus - Porbandar Special
- 09551 Bhanvad - Porbandar Express
- 09516 Porbandar - Kanalus Special
- 09552 Porbandar - Bhaunra Express
- 09595 Rajkot - Porbandar Special
- 09596 Porbandar - Rajkot Special
- 20937 Porbandar - Delhi Sarai Rohilla Express
- 22483 Jodhpur – Gandhidham Express
- 22484 Gandhidham - Jodhpur Express
- 19571 Rajkot - Porbandar Express
- 19572 Porbandar - Rajkot Express
- 20908 Bhuj - Dadar Express
- 19405 Palanpur - Gandhidham Express
- 19406 Gandhidham - Palanpur Express
- 22956 Bhuj - Bandra Terminus Kutch Express
- 20927 Palanpur - Bhuj SF Express
- 20928 Bhuj - Palanpur SF Express
- 09505 Veraval - Amreli
- 09540 Junagadh - Amreli
- 09295 Veraval - Delvada Special
- 09531 Delvada - Junagadh Special
- 09291 Veraval - Amreli
- 09508 Amreli - Veraval
- 09539 Amreli - Junagadh
- 09292 Amreli - Veraval
- 09532 Junagadh - Delvada Special
- 09296 Delvada - Veraval Special
- 09456 Bhuj – Sabarmati Special
- 22959 Vadodara – Jamnagar Superfast Intercity
- 19202 Porbandar - Secunderabad
- 11463/65 Veraval - Jabalpur
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