maha cyclone in gujarat

However, fishermen have been advised not to venture into the sea during the next 12 hours as the weather conditions there will be "rough to very rough". AHMEDABAD: Cyclone Maha, which currently lies 740km west-southwest of Diu and 660km west-southwest of Porbandar as an extremely severe cyclonic storm, started to … Cyclone Maha, which is currently over the Arabian Sea, is on track to hit Gujarat later this week even as another cyclone -- Bulbul -- forms over the Bay of Bengal, threatening India's east coast. Cyclone Maha is expected to make landfall in Gujarat in the early hours of Thursday, the India Meteorological Department said in its latest bulletin. Maha is expected to make landfall in Gujarat by midnight of November 6/early hours of November 7, albeit as a weakened Severe Cyclonic Storm. As cyclone `Nisarga' is expected to intensify into a "severe cyclonic storm", scheduled to hit Maharashtra and South Gujarat coast on Wednesday (June 3), both the states are on high alert. Touted to be more severe than other cyclonic storms that have hit the state in the past, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has urged the people to stay alert. Agencies. New Delhi: Maharashtra and Gujarat are bracing for Cyclone Nisarga which is expected to make landfall at the western coast by June 3 afternoon, said the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).As per the Met department, Nisarga will hit the coastal districts in the two states as a 'severe cyclonic storm' with wind speed of 100-110 kmph gusting up to 120 kmph. Rain may occur in most districts during the next 2 days," the Ahmedabad IMD centre's director Jayanta Sarkar said. Severe cyclone 'Maha' is forecast to re-curve and take U-turn out in the East-Central Arabian Sea and head towards the Gujarat coast between … Read more about Cyclone Nisarga to hit Gujarat, Maha in 12 hrs; 10 NDRF teams deployed on Business Standard. "Maha is no longer a cyclone. Severe cyclone 'Maha' is forecast to re-curve and take U-turn out in the East-Central Arabian Sea and head towards the Gujarat coast between Diu and Dwarka around midnight on November 6. {{ links }}