New Delhi: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday announced cyclone alert for the Gujarat coast and a yellow message.
“The Very Severe Cyclonic storm MAHA over eastcentral & adjoining westcentral Arabian Sea moved eastwards with a speed of 15 kmph during past 06 hours, weakened into a Severe Cyclonic Storm and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 06th November, 2019 over eastcentral & adjoining northeast Arabian Sea near latitude 19.8°N and longitude 65.8°E, about 450 km west-southwest of Porbandar (Gujarat), 490 km west-southwest of Veraval (Gujarat) and 540 km west-southwest of Diu. It is very likely to move east-northeastwards with further weakening. It is very likely to cross Gujarat coast around Diu as a Cyclonic Storm with a maximum sustained wind speed of 70-80 Kmph gusting to 90 Kmph around noon of 7th November,2019,” the IMD stated in its weather bulletin today.
The IMD also stated, “The Depression over eastcentral & adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal and North Andaman Sea moved west-northwestwards with a speed of 09 kmph, intensified into a Deep Depression and lay centred at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 6th November 2019, over eastcentral & adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal, near Lat.13.4°N and Long. 89.3°E, about 390 km west-northwest of Maya Bandar (Andaman Islands), about 810 km south-southeast of Paradip (Odisha), 920 km south-southeast of Sagar Islands (West Bengal) and 960 km south-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh) . It is very likely to intensify into a Cyclonic Storm during next 24 hours. It is very likely to move westnorthwestwards for some more time and then north-northwestwards, towards West Bengal & adjoining north Odisha and Bangladesh coasts.”
