Cyclone Biparjoy Moves To Rajasthan, Causes Heavy Rainfall, Downpour To Continue All Weekend

After Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall in Gujarat, heavy rainfall is seen in several areas of Rajasthan which is to continue till Monday.

Heavy rain at Jakhau ahead of the landfall of Cyclone Biparjoy, in Kutch district, Thursday, June 15, 2023.

Source : PTI

Cyclone Biparjoy has moved further towards Rajasthan after making landfall in Gujarat which resulted in heavy rainfall in several areas of the desert state for the past 24 hours, the news agency PTI reported officials as saying. Several areas in the state received more than 100 mm of rainfall. Mount Abu recorded a rainfall of 210 mm while it was 136 mm in Sedwa in Barmer, 135 mm in Mount Abu tehsil and 110 mm in Raniwada of Jalore.

Notably, cyclone Biparjoy made landfall near Jakhau Port in Gujarat on Thursday evening with a wind speed of 115-125 kmph gusting to 140 kmph as heavy rains lashed the coastal region. Several areas plunged into darkness due to power cuts and a large number of trees and electric poles got uprooted. 

In Rajasthan, a rainfall of 76 mm in Bidasaria in Churu, 68 mm in Reodar, 59 mm in Sanchor, 57 mm in Pindwara, 49 mm each in Gogunda and Girva, 47 mm in Jalore, 46 mm each in Sindri and Jaswantpura of Jalore, 40 mm in Jhadol, 38 mm in Abu Road, 35 mm in Kotda, 30 mm in Sirohi, 26 mm in Kumbhalgarh and 25.7 mm in Udaipur till 8.30 am, officials told PTI.

Several areas in the state recorded rainfall ranging from 1 mm to 22 mm during the period due to the effects of the cyclone. The meteorological department has issued an "Orange" alert for Barmer, Jalore, Sirohi, Pali districts, with strong winds expected at a speed of 30-50 kilometres per hour. A "Yellow" alert has been sounded for Jaisalmer, Bikaner, Jodhpur, Churu, Sikar, Nagaur, Jhunjhunu, Ajmer, Udaipur and Rajsamand districts.

According to the report, the cyclone is in the form of deep depression in Rajasthan and will further reduce to the depression category. The rainfall activity in parts of the state will continue till Monday, the official said. 

Currently, the minimum temperature in the state was recorded between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius. On Friday, Bundi recorded the highest maximum temperature of 41.4 degrees Celsius in the state, followed by 39.9 degrees Celsius in Sriganganagar.

Meanwhile, shops and business establishments in Gujarat’s Kutch district opened shutters on Saturday in signs of return to normalcy as authorities stepped up efforts to restore electricity in several towns and hundreds of villages battered by Cyclone Biparjoy. However, heavy to very heavy rains will likely continue in many northern districts of the state, the MeT Department statement. 

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