Herculean rescue efforts were mounted in coastal districts of Gujarat as Cyclone Vayu, which has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm, steadily hurtled towards Saurashtra on Wednesday.
Vayu is packing a wind speed of 155-165kmph and gusting up to 180 kmph. It is moving at a speed of 16 kmph and is expected to make landfall between temple town Dwarka and Porbandar, west of Veraval, by 3pm on Thursday.
This is the second deadliest cyclone to hit the state since 1998 that had ravaged port town Kandla killing 1,241persons.
“After making landfall, it will move parallel to the Saurashtra-Kutch coast and affect
Amreli, Gir-Somnath, Diu, Junagadh, Porbandar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Kutch and Dwarka,” Jayanta Sarkar, director, IMDGujarat,
Herculean rescue efforts were mounted in coastal districts of Gujarat as Cyclone Vayu, which has intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm, steadily hurtled towards Saurashtra on Wednesday.
Vayu is packing a wind speed of 155-165kmph and gusting up to 180 kmph. It is moving at a speed of 16 kmph and is expected to make landfall between temple town Dwarka and Porbandar, west of Veraval, by 3pm on Thursday.
This is the second deadliest cyclone to hit the state since 1998 that had ravaged port town Kandla killing 1,241persons.
“After making landfall, it will move parallel to the Saurashtra-Kutch coast and affect
Amreli, Gir-Somnath, Diu, Junagadh, Porbandar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Kutch and Dwarka,” Jayanta Sarkar, director, IMDGujarat,
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