Tag: Cyclone Vayu

Ahmedabad: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has put Gujarat on alert with likely Cyclone Vayu closing in on the Arabian Sea coast bringing heavy rains and winds sweeping across parts of the state at speed ranging from 75 km per hour to a maximum of 135 km. “The system currently is seen as a depression […]

New Delhi: A deep depression over the Arabian Sea which brewed over the past two days has intensified into a cyclonic storm and is likely to hit the Gujarat coast on June 13 morning, the India Meteorological Department said Tuesday. Cyclone ‘Vayu’ is further likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm in the next […]

Amedabad: The Gujarat administration is on high alert to deal with cyclone ‘Vayu’, which is likely to hit the state coast near Veraval on Thursday, officials said. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday said people living in the coastal belt would be shifted to safer places. As per the latest weather report, the cyclonic storm […]

Ahmedabad: Centred nearly 600 km south of the Saurashtra coast in Gujarat, Cyclone Vayu is likely to make a landfall in the state on Thursday, even as teams of state and National Disaster Relief Force have been drafted in all the coastal districts, officials said on Tuesday. Gujarat Chief Secretary J.N. Singh told reporters in […]

New Delhi: The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) chaired by Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha on Tuesday reviewed the preparedness for cyclone “Vayu”, which is likely to hit Gujarat on Thursday. The meeting followed Indian Meteorological Department’s (IMD) prediction that cyclone Vayu is likely to hit the Gujarat coast between Porbandar and Mahuva around Veraval and […]

Ahmedabad: As cyclone ‘Vayu’ advances towards the Gujarat coast, the state government launched a massive evacuation exercise to shift about three lakh people from low-lying areas of Saurashtra and Kutch regions, officials said Wednesday. According to the latest weather information, the cyclone has intensified into a “very severe cyclonic storm” and is located around 340 […]

New Delhi: As Gujarat and Diu are braving to face “very severe” cyclone Vayu, Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday said authorities have evacuated about 3.1 lakh people living in the low-lying areas and the NDRF has pre-positioned 52 teams for rescue and relief operations. Singh also said the Indian Coast Guard, Navy, Army and the […]

New Delhi: In the wake of Cyclone Vayu, flight services to some 5 airports in Gujarat will be suspended from midnight on Wednesday. Accordingly, services to airports in Porbandar, Diu, Bhavnagar, Keshod and Kandla will be ceased from midnight Wednesday to midnight on Thursday. “The Regional Executive Director (Western Region), AAI and all airport directors […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid strong winds and heavy showers late Wednesday night, the Regional Meteorological Department in Bhubaneswar has warned of thunderstorm and lightning accompanied by moderate rainfall in as many as 20 districts of Odisha today. As per the latest bulletin of the IMD, moderate thunderstorm and lightning accompanied by light rainfall is likely to continue […]

Ahmedabad: Cyclone Vayu will not make landfall on the Gujarat coast on Thursday as it was expected, and will pass by the Saurashtra region later in the day, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. IMD scientist Manorama Mohanty told the media here: “Cyclone Vayu will not hit Gujarat. It will pass nearby from Veraval, Porbander […]

Ahmedabad: Moving north-westwards, Cyclone Vayu on Thursday afternoon started skirting the Saurashtra coast in Gujarat while heavy rains which lashed the coastal areas were likely to continue till the evening, the Indian Meteorological Department said. As was feared, the ‘severe cyclonic storm’ did not make landfall in Gujarat but was passing over the Saurashtra region, […]

New Delhi: In the wake of Cyclone Vayu, flight services to some 5 airports in Gujarat will become operational from Thursday. “After assessing the situation and the prevalent weather patterns as per the locally available meteorological reports… AAI’s Kandla and Keshod Airports to resume normal flight operations from 12 midnight today,” AAI said in a […]

New Delhi: Cyclone Vayu will change its path again and is likely to hit Kutch on June 17-18, a top official of the Ministry of Earth Sciences said on Friday. The very severe cyclonic storm will also reduce in intensity and turn into a severe cyclonic storm by Saturday morning, a senior India Meteorological Department […]