Cyclone Biparjoy: Very severe storm to intensify in 24 hours

A National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) team was stationed at the beach near Jarod village in Vadodara, Gujarat, on Saturday ahead of Cyclone Biparjoy's landfall.

The 'very severe' cyclonic storm is supposed to heighten further in the following 24 hours and is set to move north-northeastward, the India



Meteorological Office (IMD) said.

“VSCS BIPARJOY lay centred at 1130IST of today, near latitude 16.8N and longitude 67.4E, about 700 km WNW of Goa, 620 km WSW of Mumbai, 590 km SSW of Porbandar and 900 km S of Karachi. To intensify further and move NNE-wards during next 24 hours,” the IMD said in a tweet.