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Cyclone Vayu may recurve and hit Kutch, says official hours after Gujarat govt says storm is no more a threat
• 6 years agoA top Ministry of Earth Sciences official Friday said Cyclone Vayu is likely to recurve and hit Kutch on 17-18 June, hours after Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani announced that the storm posed no threat to the state as it had moved westward.
Cyclone Vayu changes course, skirts Gujarat's Saurashtra coast; state to remain on high alert for next 24 hours
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAt 7.30 pm on Thursday, the IMD said Cyclone Vayu is very likely to move north-northwestwards for some time and then northwestwards, skirting the Saurashtra coast, affecting Gir Somnath, Diu, Junagarh, Porbandar and Devbhoomi Dwarka during the next 12 hours.
Cyclone Vayu in Gujarat updates: As storm skirts Saurashtra coast, Skymet Weather predicts Pakistan to also escape cyclone's fury
Fp Staff • 6 years agoCyclone Vayu in Gujarat LIVE updates: Skymet Weather has predicted that after Gujarat, Pakistan will, too, escape the fury of Cyclone Vayu which is presently over northeast and adjoining east-central Arabian Sea.
Cyclone Vayu: Power supply disrupted in nearly 560 villages in Gujarat, authorities confident of restoring feeder lines
• 6 years agoPower supply has been disrupted in nearly 560 villages of Gujarat due to Cyclone Vayu and all efforts are on to restore it, an official said on Thursday.
IMD says Cyclone Vayu unlikely to make landfall in Gujarat due to change in course; storm will cause heavy rains along coast
• 6 years agoEven though Cyclone Vayu is unlikely to make landfall in Gujarat, all precautionary restrictions are to remain in place in the coastal districts of the state.
Cyclone Vayu will make landfall in Gujarat today: Officials brace for storm, hold massive evacuation exercise
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAccording to the India Meterological Department (IMD), Cyclone Vayu will cross Gujarat coast between Dwarka and Veraval as a 'very severe cyclonic storm' with wind speed 155-165 kilometres per hour around Thursday afternoon.
Lakhs evacuated, defence and disaster relief forces put on alert as Cyclone Vayu nears Gujarat coast
Fp Staff • 6 years agoAs Gujarat and Diu are braving to face very severe cyclone Vayu, Home Minister Amit Shah said authorities have evacuated about 3.1 lakh people living in the low-lying areas
Daily Bulletin: Modi leaves for SCO summit; Cyclone Vayu to hit Gujarat; India to face New Zealand in World Cup; day's top stories
Fp Staff • 6 years agoCyclone Vayu to hit Gujarat Thursday afternoon and three lakh people evacuated to safety, Modi takes on a seven-hour journey for Kyrgyzstan to avoid flying over Pakistan, Congress leadership crisis continues as no clarity on Rahul Gandhi's resignation
Cyclone Vayu Updates: AAI to suspend flight operations in five Gujarat airports for 24 hours from midnight
Fp Staff • 6 years agoCyclone Vayu LIVE Updates: The Airports Authority of India said flight operations at airports in Porbandar, Diu, Bhavnagar, Keshod, Kandla will be suspended for 24 hours from midnight in view of Cyclone Vayu.
Cyclone Vayu: Odisha offers help to Gujarat, draws on success of Fani and Titli evacuation efforts
• 6 years agoAs cyclone 'Vayu' advances towards the Gujarat coast, Odisha government Wednesday offered all help to the western state, which has launched a massive evacuation exercise to shift people from low-lying areas of Saurashtra and Kutch regions.