Junagadh (Gujarat): The ESCS (extremely severe cyclonic storm) Biparjoy, which weakened into a VSCS (very severe cyclonic storm) last night is expected to cross Saurashtra and Kutch near the Jakhau Port by the evening of June 15, as a VSCS. Owing to Cyclone 'Biparjoy', heavy rains lashed the Junagadh and Gir Somnath districts in Gujarat late Monday night. Both districts witnessed two to two and a half inches of rain under the influence of the storm.
Following the rains, many places in Mangrol town, Junagadh district were flooded late Monday night. Other places in Gujarat including Veraval, Junagadh, Keshod, Maliya, Mangrol, and Sutrapada also received rainfall during the same time, local officials said.
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In Mangrol town, most of the areas were inundated by water. The locals blamed the civic administration for the accumulation of rainwater. Locals alleged that the civic administration does not carry out rain-related works properly, as a result of which rainwater gets accumulated.
'Biparjoy' lay centered over the Northeast and adjoining east-central Arabian Sea about 290 km southwest of Porbandar and 360 km south-southwest of Jakhau Port at 2.30 am. The Orange alert issued by the Indian Meteorological Department around midnight said the character of the ESCS changed into a VSCS while it lay centered at about 310km South West of Porbandar, 320km southwest of Devbhumi Dwarka, 380km south-southwest of Jakhau Port at 11.30 pm on Monday.
According to officials from the Gujarat government, so far, around 7,500 people residing in low-lying pockets in coastal areas of the state have been moved to safe shelters.
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