Cyclone Biparjoy delays progress of monsoon

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: Cyclone Biparjoy, which is predicted to hit the Gujarat coast on June 15 night, has adversely impacted the monsoon which has slowed. “Monsoon will start progressing after June 18 over south Indian states like Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha,” stated Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of meteorology, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).

Once the cyclone ends, the monsoon will cowl extra components of peninsular India and East India between June 18 and June 25, stated one other IMD scientist. The IMD has warned that the cyclone is more likely to destroy thatched homes, injury pucca homes and overhead energy transmission traces, uproot large timber and inundate low-lying areas. It will trigger heavy rainfall and tidal waves of as much as 2-3 metres. The cyclone will additional trigger heavy rains in Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

Since its inception, Cyclone Biparjoy has been shifting in direction of the north and adjusted paths a number of instances. Finally, it turned in direction of the northeast of Gujarat coast. “Most of the Arabian Sea cyclones move towards the north-west, especially Oman,” stated Mahesh Palawat of Skymet, a non-public firm that gives climate options. “This cyclone too changed its path several times and now the speed has reduced from 180 kmph to 130 kmph as it took a turn towards northeast Gujarat,” Palawat added.

Cyclone Biparjoy is the third cyclone within the month of June that’s immediately hitting Gujarat since 1965. Earlier, two cyclones had crossed the Gujarat coast — a extreme cyclone in 1996 and one other extraordinarily extreme cyclonic storm in 1998. Scientists noticed that Biparjoy has turn out to be the longest-lived cyclone within the Arabian Sea. “Biparjoy is now the longest-lived cyclone (192 hours as cyclone strength) in the Arabian Sea history breaking the record of the June 1998 cyclone,” stated Vineet Kumar, a scientist primarily based in South Korea, who works on ocean-cyclone exercise globally.

The IMD has forecast that heatwave circumstances will prevail over East India, Northwest India and Central India for the following 5 days. The most temperatures are more likely to fall by 5-6°C over most components of the nation besides in Gujarat and by 2-4°C over Northwest India. North-East India will seemingly have very heavy rainfall whereas there will probably be no main climate modifications over the remainder of the nation within the subsequent 5 days.

Cause and impact

Rain will cowl extra components of peninsular India and East India between June 18 & 25

Cyclone Biparjoy’s windspeed has lowered from 180 kmph to 130 kmph

Biparjoy is the third cyclone in June that’s immediately hitting Gujarat since 1965

2 cyclones had crossed Gujarat coast earlier than — a extreme cyclone in 1996 and a particularly extreme cyclonic storm in 1998

Cyclone Biparjoy is the longest-lived cyclone within the Arabian Sea.

NEW DELHI: Cyclone Biparjoy, which is predicted to hit the Gujarat coast on June 15 night, has adversely impacted the monsoon which has slowed. “Monsoon will start progressing after June 18 over south Indian states like Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha,” stated Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of meteorology, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).

Once the cyclone ends, the monsoon will cowl extra components of peninsular India and East India between June 18 and June 25, stated one other IMD scientist. The IMD has warned that the cyclone is more likely to destroy thatched homes, injury pucca homes and overhead energy transmission traces, uproot large timber and inundate low-lying areas. It will trigger heavy rainfall and tidal waves of as much as 2-3 metres. The cyclone will additional trigger heavy rains in Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.

Since its inception, Cyclone Biparjoy has been shifting in direction of the north and adjusted paths a number of instances. Finally, it turned in direction of the northeast of Gujarat coast. “Most of the Arabian Sea cyclones move towards the north-west, especially Oman,” stated Mahesh Palawat of Skymet, a non-public firm that gives climate options. “This cyclone too changed its path several times and now the speed has reduced from 180 kmph to 130 kmph as it took a turn towards northeast Gujarat,” Palawat added.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

Cyclone Biparjoy is the third cyclone within the month of June that’s immediately hitting Gujarat since 1965. Earlier, two cyclones had crossed the Gujarat coast — a extreme cyclone in 1996 and one other extraordinarily extreme cyclonic storm in 1998. Scientists noticed that Biparjoy has turn out to be the longest-lived cyclone within the Arabian Sea. “Biparjoy is now the longest-lived cyclone (192 hours as cyclone strength) in the Arabian Sea history breaking the record of the June 1998 cyclone,” stated Vineet Kumar, a scientist primarily based in South Korea, who works on ocean-cyclone exercise globally.

The IMD has forecast that heatwave circumstances will prevail over East India, Northwest India and Central India for the following 5 days. The most temperatures are more likely to fall by 5-6°C over most components of the nation besides in Gujarat and by 2-4°C over Northwest India. North-East India will seemingly have very heavy rainfall whereas there will probably be no main climate modifications over the remainder of the nation within the subsequent 5 days.

Cause and impact

Rain will cowl extra components of peninsular India and East India between June 18 & 25

Cyclone Biparjoy’s windspeed has lowered from 180 kmph to 130 kmph

Biparjoy is the third cyclone in June that’s immediately hitting Gujarat since 1965

2 cyclones had crossed Gujarat coast earlier than — a extreme cyclone in 1996 and a particularly extreme cyclonic storm in 1998

Cyclone Biparjoy is the longest-lived cyclone within the Arabian Sea.