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.
