Bhubaneswar: A deep depression over the southeast Arabian Sea intensified into the cyclonic storm ‘Biparjoy’, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its morning bulletin on Wednesday.
According to the weather department, the depression is moving northwards and is likely to intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm during the next 24 hours.
“Severe Cyclonic storm Biparjoy over east central and adjoining southeast Arabian Sea at 0530 IST of 07th June, is near latitude 12.6N and longitude 66.1E, about 890 km WSW of Goa. It is likely to move nearly northwards and intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm (VSCS) during next 24 hrs,” IMD tweeted.
Harsh weather and sea conditions due to the storm can take the wind speed to 135-145 kmph gusting to 160 kmph in the next three-four days, the IMD said.
The weather office has issued a warning for fishermen not to venture into the sea during this period.
