Cyclone Vayu weakens, to cross Gujarat coast by night

AhmedabadCyclone Vayu has weakened and is likely to cross the Gujarat coast by Monday midnight as a depression the weatherman said However the Kutch district administration is on alert as the cyclone can cause heavy rainfall in the regionTHE SYSTEM IS VERY LIKELY TO WEAKEN INTO A DEPRESSION DURING NEXT 36 HOURS AND FURTHER WEAKEN INTO A WELL MARKED LOW PRESSURE AREA SUBSIQUENTLY WHILE MOVING TOWARDS GUJARAT COASTmdash India Met Dept Indiametdept June 17 2019Five teams of the National Disaster Response Force NDRF and local authorities are prepared to carry out relief and rescue operations whenever required an official saidTHE DEEP DEPRESSION OVER NORTHEAST ARABIAN SEA amp NEIGHBOURHOOD REMAINED PRACTICALLY STATIONARY AND LAY CENTERED AT 1200 HRS IST OF 17TH JUNE 2019 NEAR 2200N6700E ABOUT 235 KM WSW OF NALIYA GUJARAT 220 KM WSW OF DWARKA GUJARAT AND 320 KM WESTSOUTHWEST OF BHUJ GUJARATmdash India Met Dept Indiametdept June 17 2019The cyclone over northeast Arabian Sea has recurved and moved northeastward with a speed of about 13 kmph in the last six hours and weakened into a deep depression the India Meteorological Department IMD said in its latest bulletin On Monday morning the cyclone was centered about 260 km westsouthwest of Naliya 240 km westsouthwest of Dwarka and 340 km westsouthwest of Bhuj in Gujarat it said The system is very likely to weaken into a depression during the next six hours It is very likely to move northeastwards and cross north Gujarat coast by midnight of June 17 as a depression the IMD saidGujarat Cyclone Vayu is moving northeastwards likely to hit the Kutch coast by midnightmdash All India Radio News airnewsalerts June 17 2019IMD Cyclonic storm VAYU lay centered at 0530 hrs IST today over Northeast Arabian Sea amp neighborhood about 280 Km westsouthwest of Naliya 260 Km westsouthwest of Dwarka amp 360 Km westsouthwest of Bhuj Gujarat pictwittercomXJzEeIHZlcmdash ANI ANI June 17 2019The sea will remain rough to very rough along and off the state coast on Monday the MeT department said It advised fishermen not to venture into the sea during the next 24 hours Kutch Collector Remya Mohan said five teams of the NDRF were stationed in the district to help in rescue and relief work She said the saltpan workers were also advised to avoid venturing into the sea waters The cyclone was earlier predicted to make landfall in Gujarat on June 13 However it later began to move away from the state sparing the coastline of any possible damage The IMD last Friday said the cyclone was likely to recurve and return to the coast in Kutch district as a weakened systemTop five news stories of the dayMumbai Crime Powai police arrest pervert exprofessor for stalking harassing studentThe Powai police on Saturday arrested a man who formerly worked as a professor at a premier engineering institute in the city for allegedly sending lewd messages and videos to one of his exstudents The accused identified as Vijay Deshmukh had been fired from the 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