Cyclone In Arabian Sea After 48 Years, IMD Issues Severe Rain Alert In Gujarat, 14 Other States
Gujarat which is already undergoing a crisis after facing severe floods that took as many as 30+ lives and made 18,000 people leave their homes for evacuation seems to see no relief. As per the latest updates shared by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), states like Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and 14 others may see heavy rainfall on August 30 whereas Gujarat, Odisha and Karnataka might face a severe downpour on Friday.
The IMD has made these predictions citing the cyclonic circulations that are forming in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal hitting the Indian subcontinent from East and West.
Weather conditions in East
The cyclonic circulation that is being formed in the Bay of Bengal has been predicted to move to the coastal areas of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh causing heavy rainfall in a dozen areas of these states. Regions like Malkangiri, Koraput, Raighar, Gajpati and Ganjam have received an orange alert from the weather department.
DD over Kachchh & & adjoining areas of Northeast Arabian Sea and Pakistan,about 90 km W-NW of Bhuj (Gujarat).To move W, emerge into NE Arabian Sea and intensify into a CS on 30th Aug. it would continue to move nearly W-SW over NE Arabian Sea away from Indian coast in next 2 days pic.twitter.com/qusp2uu4yg
— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) August 29, 2024
Weather forecast in West
The pressure formed in the Arabian Sea is moving ahead with a velocity of 3 kilometers per hour which might cause severe rainfall in the areas of Rajkot, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagarh, Dwarka and Kutch. The national capital Delhi received a rainfall of 378.5 mm in the month of August which is the highest of the past twelve years.
Notably, the Arabian Sea is a serene geographical territory that barely sees a cyclone. The last disturbance was witnessed in August 1976 which erupted from the coastal areas of Odisha and decelerated as it reached the north-west part of India. Before this, a cyclone circulation was formed in 1964 in the coastal areas of Gujarat and decelerated as it reached the coastal plains.
The geographical conditions of the eastern territory, particularly the Bay of Bengal always varied from the western parts. The Bay witnessed as many as 28 cyclones in August in last 132 years.
