Cyclone Vayu to hit Gujarat today, 10 lakh people evacuated

Cyclone Vayu advances towards the Gujarat coast and is expected to make landfall today in the afternoon. "Cyclone Vayu very likely to move nearly north-northwestwards along Saurashtra coast affecting Amreli, Gir Somnath, Diu,Junagarh, Porbandar, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Devbhoomi Dwarka & Kutch dist of Gujarat with wind speed 155-165 kmph gusting to 180 kmph likely from afternoon, 13 June," said IMD.

In the wake of the alert, residents of some of the Gujarat districts have been asked to move out to safer places or cyclone shelter centres.