Cyclone Gujarat

Several parts of Gujarat received heavy rain on Monday, with Bharuch city getting 120 millimetres between 4pm and 6pm, officials said.

The Indian Meteorological Department on Saturday issued a warning that the cyclone "Asna," a deep depression over the Arabian Sea, causing heavy rains in Gujarat, is likely to move West-Northwest over the Northeast Arabian sea.

A deep depression that triggered torrential rains and floods in Gujarat on Friday intensified into cyclone Asna off the coast of Kachchh and the adjoining areas of Pakistan, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

A cyclonic circulation active over south Gujarat brought widespread rains in several parts of the state on Friday and the wet spell will continue for the next five days, weather office said.

Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Wednesday said that Cyclone 'Biparjoy' has affected 1.33 lakh hectare area and projected a total economic loss of Rs 1212.50 crore in agriculture and horticulture crops in Gujarat.

Cyclone Biparjoy, which caused destruction in Gujarat earlier this month, was the longest-duration cyclonic storm in the northern Indian Ocean since 1977, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.

When Biparjoy was all set to make a fierce landfall in Gujarat on Wednesday, the Centre and state were mindful of the trail of devastation it will lead to.

302 government ambulances were also deployed to take the injured to the hospital immediately.

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. said it has resumed operations at its Mundra port in Gujarat on western coast after a cyclonic storm passing through the region halted work at the facility for days.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that it was a major achievement of the Gujarat government that nobody died on account of cyclone Biparjoy which made landfall on the Kutch coast with a wind speed of 140 kmph.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday visited Mandvi Civil Hospital and met the people admitted there after being affected by Cyclone Biparjoy.

Cyclone Biparjoy, which made landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas Thursday evening, has weakened into a depression.

After making landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas, Cyclone 'Biparjoy', has weakened into a 'deep depression' and is further expected to weaken into a 'depression' in the next 12 hours, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

A National Disaster Response Force team evacuated 127 people from a school in Gujarat district today. Videos from the site show NDRF personnel carrying infants wrapped in clothes and even an empty cement bag to protect them from the rain.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel held a meeting at the State Emergency Operations Center in Gandhinagar on Friday to take stock of the situation in the state in the wake of Cyclone Biparjoy's landfall.

Several parts of Gujarat received heavy rain on Monday, with Bharuch city getting 120 millimetres between 4pm and 6pm, officials said.

The Indian Meteorological Department on Saturday issued a warning that the cyclone "Asna," a deep depression over the Arabian Sea, causing heavy rains in Gujarat, is likely to move West-Northwest over the Northeast Arabian sea.

A deep depression that triggered torrential rains and floods in Gujarat on Friday intensified into cyclone Asna off the coast of Kachchh and the adjoining areas of Pakistan, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

A cyclonic circulation active over south Gujarat brought widespread rains in several parts of the state on Friday and the wet spell will continue for the next five days, weather office said.

Union Minister Nityanand Rai on Wednesday said that Cyclone 'Biparjoy' has affected 1.33 lakh hectare area and projected a total economic loss of Rs 1212.50 crore in agriculture and horticulture crops in Gujarat.

Cyclone Biparjoy, which caused destruction in Gujarat earlier this month, was the longest-duration cyclonic storm in the northern Indian Ocean since 1977, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.

When Biparjoy was all set to make a fierce landfall in Gujarat on Wednesday, the Centre and state were mindful of the trail of devastation it will lead to.

302 government ambulances were also deployed to take the injured to the hospital immediately.

Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd. said it has resumed operations at its Mundra port in Gujarat on western coast after a cyclonic storm passing through the region halted work at the facility for days.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that it was a major achievement of the Gujarat government that nobody died on account of cyclone Biparjoy which made landfall on the Kutch coast with a wind speed of 140 kmph.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday visited Mandvi Civil Hospital and met the people admitted there after being affected by Cyclone Biparjoy.

Cyclone Biparjoy, which made landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas Thursday evening, has weakened into a depression.

After making landfall in Gujarat's coastal areas, Cyclone 'Biparjoy', has weakened into a 'deep depression' and is further expected to weaken into a 'depression' in the next 12 hours, India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.

A National Disaster Response Force team evacuated 127 people from a school in Gujarat district today. Videos from the site show NDRF personnel carrying infants wrapped in clothes and even an empty cement bag to protect them from the rain.

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel held a meeting at the State Emergency Operations Center in Gandhinagar on Friday to take stock of the situation in the state in the wake of Cyclone Biparjoy's landfall.