Cyclone Biparjoy

Cyclone Biparjoy

Cyclone Biparjoy

  • It was stationed about 850 km west of Goa and 900 km southwest of Mumbai. Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Biparjoy is a powerful tropical cyclone that formed over the east-central Arabian Sea and is expected to make landfall along Gujarat’s Kutch coast.
  • The cyclone is predicted to gain in strength over the next three days and develop into a very severe cyclonic storm by June 13.
  • It would result in squally weather with wind speeds reaching 35-45 kmph along the coastline of Karnataka, Goa, and Maharashtra
  • The IMD has not yet predicted any major impact on countries adjoining the Arabian Sea, including India, Oman, Iran, and Pakistan.
  • Biparjoy’ was suggested by Bangladesh and the word means ‘disaster’ or ‘calamity’ in Bengali. The next cyclone after Biparjoy will be named ‘Tej’ based on India’s suggestion.