Cyclone Biparjoy highlights: Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel briefs PM Modi on cyclonic situation

Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel held a high-level meeting at the State Emergency Operation Center to review Cyclone Biparjoy situation.

Cyclone Biparjoy has begun its landfall in Gujarat, which is expected to continue till midnight, the Indian Meteorological Department said on Thursday.  The ‘very severe cyclonic storm’ Biparjoy has led to heavy rainfall and intense tidal waves in several parts of India especially, Gujarat and Mumbai. IMD issued a red alert on Wednesday for Saurashtra and Kutch coasts. Reports of uprooted trees, electricity poles and fallen hoardings surfaced as the cyclone inched closer to its landfall site near Gujarat's Jakhau Port in Kutch district.

IMD DG Mrutyunjay Mohapatra updated on the cyclone's movement late Thursday and said “By 11 pm, its (cyclone's) centre will be over the land. The landfall process will continue till midnight, after which it will start weakening.”